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Meanings of gad in English

Portuguese
transtorno de ansiedade generalizada

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.

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        transtorno de ansiedade generalizada
        Spanish
        vagar

        Wander aimlessly in search of pleasure.

              vagar
              Synonyms
              Examples for "generalized anxiety disorder"
              Examples for "generalized anxiety disorder"
              1
              Later, approval was expanded to include generalized anxiety disorder and fibromyalgia.
              Reuters
              2
              Worry, the core component of generalized anxiety disorder, is associated with disordered eating.
              Pubmed
              3
              Objectives: To assess the efficacy and acceptability of antidepressants for treating generalized anxiety disorder.
              Pubmed
              4
              My guess is that Chris has generalized anxiety disorder, but his is a mild case.
              It's nobody's fault: new hope and help for difficult children an...
              5
              Duloxetine patients with depression or generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) were excluded.
              Pubmed
              1
              The test measures the subject's changes in respiration, heartbeat and perspiration - anxiety reactions allegedly correlated with lying.
              Wired
              Portuguese
              espora
              Spanish
              espuelas

              A sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward.

                    espora
                    Usage of gad in English
                    1
                    The camp gad been declared illegal by a Papua New Guinea Court.
                    Reuters
                    2
                    I gad, I can look at a boll and make it open.
                    An Arkansas Planter
                    3
                    But I gad, it strikes me that you are pretty glib to-night.
                    An Arkansas Planter
                    4
                    And I gad, that would do away with all possibility of martyrdom.
                    An Arkansas Planter
                    5
                    Yes; but I gad, our disadvantage wouldn't be as great as his.
                    An Arkansas Planter
                    6
                    To let her gad about madly at every ball and public assembly?
                    The School for Husbands
                    7
                    By gad, Sprouse, do you suppose he knows that she is here?
                    Green Fancy
                    8
                    The word gad in Russian means a reptile, or something foul, dirty.
                    The Guardian
                    9
                    Well, if she intends-bygad, it upsets one's whole notion of her!
                    Lady Baltimore
                    10
                    By gad, Barry, there's nothing like big-game shooting to make one fit!
                    The Making of a Soul
                    11
                    Look-fishermen-houris-how many houris?-seen 'em grin!-soldiers of fortune-merchants-sailors-by gad ,there'sSindbad himself!-and say
                    The Ivory Trail
                    12
                    The Indian had paused and was pointing with his gad to the south.
                    The Long Chance
                    13
                    I think my daughter-in-law has; she is a great gad-about, she sees everyone.
                    The American
                    14
                    This poisoned iron pains me like the bite of a gad-fly.
                    Bulfinch's Mythology
                    15
                    You know nothing but how to gad about and lick your own face.
                    Old Peter's Russian Tales
                    16
                    By gad, I am glad to have him make your acquaintance.
                    The Eagle of the Empire: A Story of Waterloo
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                    Gad through the time
                    Gad across language varieties
                    United Kingdom
                    Common
                    United States of America
                    Less common