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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
But charity Shelter Cymru said it was concerned some people could slip through the net, adding that the stakes for people in need of social homes were high.
I’ve been marching since 1987 for a million different reasons, so I changed it to today because he was concerned about the curfew and then he still didn’t come.
Senior figures in Whitehall are concerned negotiations are reaching a crunch point this week, when an order for fresh raw materials needs to be placed in order to keep the blast furnaces going.
"Our service users are very concerned, we are very concerned," she said.
But the seven-time world champion, a vegan and well-known animal lover, was more concerned with the "horrible" death of the groundhog.
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