gad

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months
noun a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward
verb wander aimlessly in search of pleasure

Euphemistic alteration of God.

“Gad, that’s a deep game. — Mr. Standfast, John Buchan
"Gad, look at her blush! — The best short stories of 1917, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown
"Gad! maybe I won't neither. — Just Around the Corner: Romance en casserole, Fannie Hurst

generalized anxiety disorder, anxiety reaction

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