concern
Usage
What are other ways to say concern?
Concern implies an anxious sense of interest in something: concern over a friend's misfortune. Care suggests a heaviness of spirit caused by dread, or by the constant pressure of burdensome demands: Poverty weighs a person down with care. Worry is an active state of agitated uneasiness and restless apprehension: He was distracted by worry over the stock market.Example Sentences
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They are heading to the Uptown district or the thriving suburbs, often over concerns about crime and homelessness.
Multiple responses raised concerns about the new equipment’s noisy hum.
The company also declined to comment on U.S. government concerns about its cranes.
As the year closes, I am more concerned than ever.
From Los Angeles Times
Human rights groups raised concerns about attacks that struck vessels without obvious Israeli connections and about the safety and treatment of civilian crews.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
