Antonyms for solicitous

Grammar : Adj

Spell : suh-lis-i-tuhs

Phonetic Transcription : səˈlɪs ɪ təs

Definition of solicitous

Origin : 1560s, from Latin sollicitus "restless, uneasy, careful, full of anxiety" (see solicit). Related: Solicitously; solicitousness.

adj worried

Example sentences :

I was not solicitous to vindicate him when I was not joined in their reflection.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Your reputation could not suffer: that it was beneath you to be solicitous about.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Smith was coming on the deck under the solicitous escort of a surgeon.
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling

You are solicitous of the good-will of the meanest person, uneasy at his ill-will.
Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

But now the voice broke in again, apologetic, solicitous, self-seeking.
Extract from : « Hidden Water » by Dane Coolidge

Again, we only ask for things about which we are solicitous.
Extract from : « On Prayer and The Contemplative Life » by St. Thomas Aquinas

The Arab, while apparently as solicitous as ever, was changed.
Extract from : « Sacrifice » by Stephen French Whitman

What business was it of his, anyway, and why was he so solicitous as to where he went?
Extract from : « Steve and the Steam Engine » by Sara Ware Bassett

Not the least solicitous of these were “the Little Twin Brethren.”
Extract from : « The Golden Shoemaker » by J. W. Keyworth

Be solicitous to allow their full weight to the arguments of your antagonist.
Extract from : « Advice to a Young Man upon First Going to Oxford » by Edward Berens

Synonyms for solicitous

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