'Solicitude' definitions:
Definition of 'solicitude'
(from WordNet)
noun
A feeling of excessive concern [syn: solicitude, solicitousness]
Definition of 'Solicitude'
From: GCIDE
- Solicitude \So*lic"i*tude\, n. [F. sollicitude,r L. sollicitudo.] The state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire good; anxiety. [1913 Webster]
- The many cares and great labors of worldly men, their solicitude and outward shows. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]
- The mother looked at her with fond solicitude. --G. W. Cable. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Carefulness; concern; anxiety. See Care. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'solicitude'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accommodatingness,
- affability,
- agitation,
- agreeableness,
- alarm,
- all-overs,
- amenity,
- angst,
- anticipation,
- anxiety,
- anxiety hysteria,
- anxiety neurosis,
- anxious bench,
- anxious concern,
- anxious seat,
- anxiousness,
- apprehension,
- apprehensiveness,
- attention,
- attentiveness,
- calculation,
- cankerworm of care,
- canniness,
- care,
- careful consideration,
- carefulness,
- caution,
- cautiousness,
- circumspection,
- circumspectness,
- civility,
- comity,
- complaisance,
- compunction,
- concern,
- concernment,
- considerateness,
- consideration,
- courteousness,
- courtesy,
- deference,
- deliberate stages,
- deliberateness,
- deliberation,
- delicacy,
- discretion,
- disquiet,
- disquietude,
- distress,
- disturbance,
- dread,
- fear,
- fearfulness,
- foreboding,
- forebodingness,
- forethought,
- gingerliness,
- gracefulness,
- graciousness,
- guardedness,
- hedge,
- hedging,
- heed,
- heedfulness,
- helpfulness,
- hesitation,
- indulgence,
- inquietude,
- judiciousness,
- leniency,
- loving care,
- malaise,
- mindfulness,
- misgiving,
- nervous strain,
- nervous tension,
- nervousness,
- obligingness,
- overanxiety,
- pawkiness,
- perturbation,
- pins and needles,
- politeness,
- preparedness,
- prior consultation,
- prudence,
- prudentialness,
- pucker,
- qualm,
- regard,
- regardfulness,
- respect,
- respectfulness,
- safeness,
- safety first,
- scruple,
- slowness to act,
- solicitousness,
- stew,
- strain,
- suspense,
- tact,
- tactfulness,
- tender loving care,
- tension,
- tentativeness,
- thoroughness,
- thought,
- thoughtfulness,
- TLC,
- toleration,
- trouble,
- uncommunicativeness,
- unease,
- uneasiness,
- unprecipitateness,
- unquietness,
- upset,
- urbanity,
- vexation,
- watchfulness,
- worry,
- zeal