Meaning of CONCERNED
Pronunciation: | | kun'surnd
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- [adj] feeling or showing worry or solicitude; "concerned parents of youthful offenders"; "was concerned about the future"; "we feel concerned about accomplishing the task at hand"; "greatly concerned not to disappoint a small child"
- [adj] involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in; "a memorandum to those concerned"; "an enterprise in which three men are concerned"; "factors concerned in the rise and fall of epidemics"; "the interested parties met to discuss the business"
- [adj] culpably involved; "all those concerned in the bribery case have been identified"; "named three officials implicated in the plot"; "an innocent person implicated by circumstances in a crime"
- [adj] in relation (or in regard) to; especially as in the phrases; "as far as x is concerned"; "where x is concerned"
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| Synonyms: | | afraid, haunted, implicated, interested, involved, obsessed, preoccupied, related, related to, solicitous, taken up(p) |
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| Antonyms: | | unconcerned | |
| See Also: | | attentive, troubled | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Con*cerned"\, a. [See {Concern}, v. t., 2.]
Disturbed; troubled; solicitous; as, to be much concerned for
the safety of a friend.
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| Related Terms: | | a party to, active, affected, agitated, all-overish, anxious, anxioused up, apprehensive, attracted, bothered, caring, cathectic, curious, disquieted, distressed, disturbed, enthusiastic, excited, fascinated, fearful, foreboding, implicated, in a pucker, in a stew, included, interested, involved, keen on, misgiving, nervous, on tenterhooks, overanxious, overapprehensive, passionate, perturbed, piqued, responsible, solicitous, strained, suspenseful, tantalized, tense, tickled, titillated, troubled, turned-on, uneasy, upset, vexed, worried, zealous |
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