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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A woman in her 20s in Tehran expressed deep concern about the attack on a bridge in Karaj and what might be targeted next.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
That sent prices up, with the UN expressing concern in particular about the impact on developing countries.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
With his latest, “Kontinental ’25,” Jude — who also put out a coarsely wacky version of “Dracula” last year — shifts away from clownishness and toward a sterner register of concern for society.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
That increase added to investor concern about the quality of the underwriting.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
It’s the same look Mom wears when her concern for me is paired with defeat.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
