concerned
adjective
[ kənˈsəːnd ]
• worried, troubled, or anxious.
• "the villagers are concerned about burglaries"
Similar:
worried,
anxious,
disturbed,
perturbed,
troubled,
bothered,
distressed,
upset,
disquieted,
uneasy,
ill at ease,
apprehensive,
agitated,
unquiet,
solicitous,
caring,
attentive to,
considerate of,
concern
verb
• relate to; be about.
• "the story concerns a friend of mine"
Similar:
be about,
deal with,
cover,
treat,
have to do with,
discuss,
tell of,
go into,
examine,
scrutinize,
study,
review,
analyse,
relate to,
be connected with,
pertain to,
appertain to,
regard,
• make (someone) anxious or worried.
• "the roof of the barn concerns me because eventually it will fall in"
Similar:
worry,
disturb,
trouble,
bother,
perturb,
unsettle,
make anxious,
distress,
upset,
agitate,
cause disquiet to,
disquiet,
Origin:
late Middle English: from French concerner or late Latin concernere (in medieval Latin ‘be relevant to’), from con- (expressing intensive force) + cernere ‘sift, discern’.
