concerned

[kuhn-surnd]

adjective

1. interested or affected.

   concerned citizens.

2. troubled or anxious.

   a concerned look.

3. having a connection or involvement; participating.

   They arrested all those concerned in the kidnapping.

concerned

/ kənˈsɜːnɪdlɪ, kənˈsɜːnd /

adjective

1. (postpositive) interested, guilty, involved, or appropriate

   I shall find the boy concerned and punish him

2. worried, troubled, or solicitous

Other Word Forms

• concernedly adverb
• concernedness noun
• underconcerned adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of concerned¹

First recorded in 1650–60; concern + -ed ²

Example Sentences

He said the AoC would support Ofsted and colleges in bringing in the new system, but that he was "concerned about the speed of implementation at the busiest time of the year for colleges".

From BBC

Other New Zealanders are also concerned about how Phillips's death would affect his children's wellbeing.

From BBC

In the 1970s, when people became concerned that gene-splicing techniques could lead to the production of super viruses, Baltimore organized a conference at Asilomar near Monterey to design a self-regulating system to monitor those experiments.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr Ross was reported missing on 17 September last year after his family became concerned that they were unable to contact him.

From BBC

The union is concerned that this would be a weakening of their members' rights because there would no longer be a right to a contract that reflects their normal hours of work.

From BBC

Related Words

• anxious 
• distressed 
• disturbed 
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• uneasy 
• uptight