Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The state of being solicitous; care or concern, as for the well-being of another.
- noun A cause of concern.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being solicitous; anxious care; carefulness; anxiety; concern; eager uneasiness of mind lest some desired thing may not be obtained or some apprehended evil may happen.
- noun A cause or occasion of anxiety or concern.
- noun Synonyms Concern, Anxiety, etc. See
care .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire good; anxiety.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being
solicitous ; uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire for good; anxiety. - noun A feeling of excessive concern.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a feeling of excessive concern
Etymologies
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Examples
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The child, become an object of anxious solicitude, is usually restrained from the more hardy play of his young neighbors, and a retarded physical development is the result.
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The child, become an object of anxious solicitude, is usually restrained from the more hardy play of his young neighbors, and a retarded physical development is the result.
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The real and principal object of my anxiety and solicitude is you, and the situation in which you have been so unjustly placed, by the circumstances which have taken place.
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As soon as the house was quiet he returned to the turret, made desperate by reflecting on her distress, and thinking it better to hazard a discovery than to leave her a whole night in solicitude so alarming.
The Old Manor House 1793
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My solicitude is so great, and my suspense so painful, that I cannot rest a moment in peace, or turn my thoughts into any other channel.
Evelina: or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance Into the World 1778
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He represents for us the guide of Christ himself in the history, and his solicitude is the salvation of the world.
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He represents for us the guide of Christ himself in the history, and his solicitude is the salvation of the world.
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For that cannot be a true solicitude, which is not produced in the heart by any other means except by an irresistible force according to the absolute purpose and intention of
The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 1 1560-1609 1956
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Now sloth is opposed to solicitude, which is an act of prudence, as stated above (Q. 47, A. 9).
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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In short, the object of his solicitude was a stout, leathern valise, in the wagon, and which was so heavy that it required the strength of two ordinary men to handle it easily.
The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family A. R. [Illustrator] Waud
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