See solicitous in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "eager to obtain something",
"word": "gondos"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "eager to obtain something",
"word": "anipā"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "eager to obtain something",
"word": "arzulu"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "eager to obtain something",
"word": "endişeli istekli"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "eager to obtain something",
"word": "tedirgin"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pritesnen",
"sense": "anxious or concerned",
"word": "притеснен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zagrižen",
"sense": "anxious or concerned",
"word": "загрижен"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "anxious or concerned",
"word": "bezorgd"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "anxious or concerned",
"word": "bekommerd"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anxious or concerned",
"word": "besorgt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anxious or concerned",
"word": "fürsorglich"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "anxious or concerned",
"word": "sollicitus"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "negarân",
"sense": "anxious or concerned",
"word": "نگران"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "delvâpas",
"sense": "anxious or concerned",
"word": "دلواپس"
}
],
"word": "solicitous"
}
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