solicitude
- noun
- /səˈlɪsɪˌtud/
- I'm rather a sensitive man, and I prefer not to be the object of public solicitude.
- great solicitude
- form of solicitude
- special solicitude
Examples
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Your solicitude for the boy's health is most admirable.
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I recognized that my solicitude for Marjie was above and beyond the ordinary.
Fiction book (2001) -
Such solicitude is very touching.
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Your solicitude for the boy's health is most admirable.
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The duke invites the young man to confess with the solicitude of a father.
Academic text (1995) -
Marianne interrupted to ask, with sisterly solicitude, "Your eye, Patrick -- is it all right?"
Fiction book (1997) -
On the question of development, the encyclical demonstrates the Church's great solicitude toward the poverty of masses of people.
Academic text (2010) -
"You'll miss the ocean, won't you?" She looked up at him, reveling in his solicitude.
Fiction book (1990) -
Marianne interrupted to ask, with sisterly solicitude, "Your eye, Patrick -- is it all right?"
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I recognized that my solicitude for Marjie was above and beyond the ordinary.
Synonyms
Care and worry about someone's comfort or needs
Antonyms
How Concerned
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word solicitude comes from the Latin root sollicit- meaning 'to worry' or 'to trouble'. So solicitude is care mixed with worry, the worried, watchful kind of concern someone shows for another person.