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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“It’s certainly concerning ... and we’re hoping for a good outcome on this.”
From Los Angeles Times
Some reports have suggested there are divisions between the Treasury and housing department over the issue, with officials concerned about the impact of a cap on pension funds which own freehold properties.
From BBC
The Australian central bank signaled that further interest-rate cuts were off the table in December and highlighted its concerns that inflation was moving away from the target of 2.5%.
The episode raised questions about how well even wealthy individuals understand the investment products they are being sold, and now those concerns are back.
“My concern has been and continues to be the fiscal impact to next year.”
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
