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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Investors’ concerns regarding the future of the war also climbed after a Wall Street Journal report Monday evening said U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf are edging closer to joining the conflict.
From MarketWatch
He added that he’s concerned about “how this pans out over the next few months,” particularly if the Fed hikes rates and “we end up in a recession.”
From MarketWatch
He mentored thousands of students and faculty members for decades, and frequently confronted administrators for what he believed was their lack of concern over the needs of minority students and staffers.
From Los Angeles Times
Students have been told to vacate a city centre housing block over safety concerns with the building.
From BBC
The only real concern was whether the company could continue paying the promised check.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
