Word Meanings - SOLICITUDE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire good; anxiety. The many cares and great labors of worldly men, their solicitude and outward shows. Sir W. Raleigh. The mother looked at her with fond solicitude.

Additional info about word: SOLICITUDE

The state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire good; anxiety. The many cares and great labors of worldly men, their solicitude and outward shows. Sir W. Raleigh. The mother looked at her with fond solicitude. G. W. Cable. Syn. -- Carefulness; concern; anxiety. See Care.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SOLICITUDE)

• Anxiety
• Care
• trouble
• eagerness
• disquiet
• apprehension
• carefulness
• diffidence
• solicitude
• misgiving
• Attention
• pains
• anxiety
• concern
• circumspection
• regard
• caution
• prevention
• custody
• preservation
• thrift
• heed
• foresight
• wariness
• economy
• prudence
• Concern
• Interest
• matter
• affair
• institution
• moment
• regret
• sympathy
• sorrow
• Disquietude
• uneasiness
• embarrassment
• agitation
• disturbance
• commotion
• dissatisfaction
• Jealousy
• Suspicion
• envy
• rivalry

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of SOLICITUDE)

• Miss
• overlook
• disregard
• despise
• dislike
• contemn
• hate
• loathe
• misconsider
• misconceive
• misestimate
• misjudge
• Welcome
• hail
• approve
• abandon
• abjure
• forget
• Compose
• calm
• allay
• appease
• please
• soothe
• delight
• gratify
• recreate
• entertain
• relieve
• refresh

Related words: (words related to SOLICITUDE)

• CAUTIONARY BLOCK
  A block in which two or more trains are permitted to travel, under restrictions imposed by a caution card or the like.
• DISREGARDFULLY
  Negligently; heedlessly.
• SORROW
  The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief at having suffered or occasioned evil; regret; unhappiness; sadness. Milton. How great
• MISJUDGE
  To judge erroneously or unjustly; to err in judgment; to misconstrue.
• DELIGHTING
  Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.
• APPROVEDLY
  So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
• TROUBLER
  One who troubles or disturbs; one who afflicts or molests; a disturber; as, a troubler of the peace. The rich troublers of the world's repose. Waller.
• DISQUIETTUDE
  Want of peace or tranquility; uneasiness; disturbance; agitation; anxiety. Fears and disquietude, and unavoidable anxieties of mind. Abp. Sharp.
• SORROWED
  Accompanied with sorrow; sorrowful. Shak.
• THRIFTINESS
  The quality or state of being thrifty; thrift.
• AGITATION
  1. The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; commotion; as, the sea after a storm is in agitation. 2. A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity; disturbance
• DISQUIETLY
  In a disquiet manner; uneasily; as, he rested disquietly that night. Wiseman.
• DELIGHTLESS
  Void of delight. Thomson.
• DIFFIDENCE
  1. The state of being diffident; distrust; want of confidence; doubt of the power, ability, or disposition of others. That affliction grew heavy upon me, and weighed me down even to a diffidence of God's mercy. Donne. 2. Distrust of one's self
• APPREHENSION
  1. The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension. Sir T. Browne. 2. The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped. 3. The act of grasping with the
• MISGIVING
  Evil premonition; doubt; distrust. "Suspicious and misgivings." South.
• DISLIKE
  1. To regard with dislike or aversion; to disapprove; to disrelish. Every nation dislikes an impost. Johnson. 2. To awaken dislike in; to displease. "Disliking countenance." Marston. "It dislikes me." Shak.
• FORGETTINGLY
  By forgetting.
• MOMENTARILY
  Every moment; from moment to moment. Shenstone.
• DISQUIETMENT
  State of being disquieted; uneasiness; harassment. Hopkins.
• UNPRUDENCE
  Imprudence.
• DISINTERESTING
  Uninteresting. "Disinteresting passages." Bp. Warburton.
• UNTHRIFTY
  Not thrifty; profuse. Spenser.
• OVERTROUBLED
  Excessively troubled.
• UNINTERESTED
  1. Not interested; not having any interest or property in; having nothing at stake; as, to be uninterested in any business. 2. Not having the mind or the passions engaged; as, uninterested in a discourse or narration.
• UNCONCERNMENT
  The state of being unconcerned, or of having no share or concern; unconcernedness. South.
• DISAPPROVE
  1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline
• AFTERPAINS
  The pains which succeed childbirth, as in expelling the afterbirth.