DEFENSIVENESS Synonyms

• fearful expectation or anticipation

• the cognitive condition of someone who understands

• painful expectation

• the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

• the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something

• judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger

• an anxious feeling

• a cause for feeling concern

• attention and management implying responsibility for safety

• activity involved in maintaining something in good working order

• feel concern or interest

• provide care for

• to hope, to desire or to prefer to have something, or to do something

• be in charge of, act on, or dispose of

• be concerned with

• the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger

• a warning against certain acts

• judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger

• the trait of being circumspect and prudent

• warn strongly; put on guard

• the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger

• knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress

• the trait of being circumspect and prudent

• doubt about someone's honesty

• the trait of not trusting others

• regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in

• a feeling of protective affection

• the quality of providing protection

• the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action)

• prompt willingness

• (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way

• a natural effortlessness

• a district that is reserved for particular purpose

• a statement that limits or restricts some claim

• an unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedly

• the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group)

• the written record or promise of an arrangement by which accommodations are secured in advance

• something reserved in advance (as a hotel accommodation or a seat on a plane etc.)

• the act of keeping back or setting aside for some future occasion

• an impression that something might be the case

• doubt about someone's honesty

• the state of being suspected

• being of a suspicious nature

• fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions

• fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities

• the process of paying close and continuous attention

• vigilant attentiveness

• the trait of being cautious and watchful

• the process of paying close and continuous attention

• vigilant attentiveness