Solicitude

Word SOLICITUDE
Character 10
Hyphenation so lic i tude
Pronunciations /səˈlɪsɪˌt(j)uːd/

Definitions and meanings of "Solicitude"

What do we mean by solicitude?

The state of being solicitous; care or concern, as for the well-being of another. noun

A cause of concern. 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. noun

The state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire good; anxiety. 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. noun

A feeling of excessive concern noun

The state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire for good; anxiety.

Special or pronounced concern or attention.

A cause of anxiety or concern.

Care or concern for someone or something Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Solicitude

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The word "solicitude" in example sentences

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. ❋ Unknown (1969)

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. ❋ Unknown (1854)

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. ❋ Unknown (1793)

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. ❋ Unknown (1778)

He represents for us the guide of Christ himself in the history, and his solicitude is the salvation of the world. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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 ❋ 1560-1609 (1956)

Now sloth is opposed to solicitude, which is an act of prudence, as stated above (Q. 47, A. 9). ❋ Aquinas Thomas (N/A)

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. ❋ A. R. [Illustrator] Waud (N/A)

When my growing heart began to seek and ask for the tender, patient solicitude, which is to the child what the light and heat of the summer sun are to the frailest tendril, no answer came to my mute appeal. ❋ [pseud.] Vera (N/A)

Pastoral solicitude, which is the characteristic chosen for mention in the collect of his feast, made him ever anxious to have the most suitable representatives in Milan. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Another object of his solicitude was the Christian education of the younger generation. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Count was beginning to think that the object of his solicitude was a myth, out from the broad portal of the clothing establishment came the ❋ Various (1902)

The latter especially felt the greater solicitude, which is natural to those whose interests are immediately threatened. ❋ Unknown (1877)

The principal cause of his solicitude was his uncertainty whether his father had died a Christian. ❋ Unknown (1875)

She was far on in a new path: he was loitering behind, out of hearing, He would not have dared to call her solicitude nonsense; but he would have set down all such matters as belonging to women, rather than youths beginning the world. ❋ George MacDonald (1864)

Had he known that the object of his solicitude was the illustrious subject of many a former eulogium from himself, how increased would have been his regret -- that he had seen Count Thaddeus Sobieski, that he had seen him an exile, and that he had suffered him to pass out of the reach of his services! ❋ Jane Porter (1813)

He will recall the solicitude of Chloe, rising by candle-light; the laying aside of hoops, and putting on favours; the eager expectation of the people; the opening of the procession with the herb-woman; the im - ❋ Unknown (1812)

[426] as the holy Apostle says: and note that he says all our solicitude, that is, as well that which concerns the events, as that which pertains to willing or not willing, for he will have a care of the issue of our affairs, and of willing that which is best for us. ❋ 1567-1622 (1884)

[I am] very [touch] by his solicitude ❋ GNWC99 (2015)

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