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concerned
[kuhn-surnd]
adjective
interested or affected.
concerned citizens.
troubled or anxious.
a concerned look.
having a connection or involvement; participating.
They arrested all those concerned in the kidnapping.
concerned
/ kənˈsɜːnɪdlɪ, kənˈsɜːnd /
adjective
(postpositive) interested, guilty, involved, or appropriate
I shall find the boy concerned and punish him
worried, troubled, or solicitous
Other Word Forms
- concernedly adverb
- concernedness noun
- underconcerned adjective
- DzˈԱԱ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of concerned1
Example Sentences
Environmental groups are concerned that contracts which guarantee waste being delivered by councils to incinerators will put off local authorities from investing in more recycling.
Flanagan is too concerned with the bones of his story to give us any of the meat, and once you poke at it, the skeleton falls apart.
In between the normie cons and those very concerned about AI and transhumanism, Allen said, there are significant numbers of “traditional Christians, traditional Jews and traditional Muslims who have enormous apprehension.”
Some conservationists, including the organisation Greenpeace, are concerned that the government's decision could be reversed by legal action by the mining companies.
GEL said: "Where a customer is concerned about their electricity bill, our advice is always to contact us as soon as possible if they are worried about falling into difficulty."
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Related Words
- anxious
- distressed
- disturbed
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- uneasy
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