concerned
Americanadjective
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interested or affected.
concerned citizens.
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troubled or anxious.
a concerned look.
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having a connection or involvement; participating.
They arrested all those concerned in the kidnapping.
adjective
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(postpositive) interested, guilty, involved, or appropriate
I shall find the boy concerned and punish him
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worried, troubled, or solicitous
Other Word Forms
- concernedly adverb
- concernedness noun
- underconcerned adjective
Etymology
Origin of concerned
Example Sentences
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Attwood says she has been concerned by the tradwife trend - where women promote what has been described as 1950s gender roles, with lives centred around their husbands and serving them.
From BBC
A separate survey from the Pew Research Center showed many people were more concerned than excited about AI.
Ojeda said he was equally concerned, and he doesn’t enjoy the feeling of being watched just because he lives near the border.
From Los Angeles Times
"I am also concerned by reports that UK military aircraft are in the skies over or near Iran," the Belfast South and Mid Down MP said.
From BBC
While Huitzilin said he was concerned the women might have weapons, none were recovered at the scene and no one was injured.
From Los Angeles Times
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