solicitous

adj.关心的,殷切的”,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
15327,diatribe,,n.长篇痛骂,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
15328,promulgate,,v.传播;v.颁布(法律),,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
15329,consilience,,n.一致,符合,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
15330,ebullient,,adj.热情洋溢的,”

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
solicitous (adjective)
1.
manifesting or expressing - solicitude a solicitous inquiry about his health
2.
full of concern or fears - apprehensive solicitous about the future
3.
meticulously careful - solicitous in matters of dress
4.
full of desire - eager
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
solicitous (adjective)
1.
given to or made with heedful anticipation of the needs and happiness of others
SYNONYMS:
attentive, considerate, kind, solicitous
RELATED WORDS:
brotherly, good, good-hearted, helpful, hospitable, kindhearted, kindly, neighborly, nice; caring, compassionate, sympathetic, tender; chivalrous, courteous, courtly, gallant, gracious, polite; diplomatic, tactful; deferential, dutiful, obliging, regardful, respectful; altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, benignant, humane, selfless, unselfish; charitable, generous, magnanimous
NEAR ANTONYMS:
inattentive, uncaring, unheeding; inhospitable, unkind, unkindly; ill-bred, ill-mannered, impolite, rude, uncivil, unmannerly; unhelpful; malevolent, malicious, mean, spiteful
heedless, inconsiderate, thoughtless, unthinking
solicitous (adjective)
2.
showing urgent desire or interest
SYNONYMS:
agog, antsy, anxious, ardent, athirst, avid, crazy, desirous, enthused, enthusiastic, excited, geeked, great, greedy, gung ho, hepped up, hopped-up, hot, hungry, impatient, juiced, keen, nuts, pumped, raring, solicitous, stoked, thirsty, voracious, wild
RELATED WORDS:
engaged, interested; happy, hung up, obsessed; ambitious, appetent, covetous, craving, hankering, longing, pining; breathless, restive, restless; amenable, disposed, game, glad, inclined, ready, unreluctant, willing
NEAR ANTONYMS:
casual, incurious, insouciant, nonchalant, unconcerned, uninterested; aloof, detached, disinterested; impassive, stolid; halfhearted, lackadaisical, languid, languorous, lukewarm, spiritless; averse, disinclined, hesitant, loath ( loth loathe), reluctant, unwilling
apathetic, indifferent, uneager, unenthusiastic
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