concerned

con-cerned · adjective

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Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Worried or anxious about something.

  2. 2.

    Past tense and past participle of "concern."

  3. 3.

    Interested or involved in something.

Phrases & expressions

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    as far as I'm concerned — from my point of view
  • •
    concerned with — dealing with or about
  • •
    concerned about — worried about
  • •
    concerned for — worried on behalf of
  • •
    the parties concerned — the people involved

Related words

Antonyms: indifferent, unconcerned, untroubled
See also: anxious, concern, concerning, worried
Synonyms: anxious, involved, troubled, worried

Etymology

From Medieval Latin "concernere" meaning to mix together, from "con-" (together) and "cernere" (to sift).