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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There is growing concern about the risk to US service personnel in this conflict, particularly amid talk of a possible ground invasion.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
John Souttar's form is also a concern as he made his return to the starting line-up but was caught out, along with others, by swift United counter-attacking.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
That sent prices up, with the UN expressing concern in particular about the impact on developing countries.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
There remains a concern, however, that energy disruption may last beyond the actual conflict and test the resilience of businesses and households in the coming months, he added.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
She looked around as if, having acted so worried about Jonah, she now had to show the same amount of concern about her daughter.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
