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concerned
adjective
1 concerned
Feeling or showing worry or solicitude.
Roget 828:
in pain,
in a state of pain,
full of pain
etc.
n.;
suffering
etc.
v.;
pained,
afflicted,
worried,
displeased
etc.
830;
aching,
griped,
sore
etc.
(physical pain)
378;
on the rack,
in limbo;
between hawk and buzzard.
uncomfortable,
uneasy;
ill at ease;
in a taking,
in a way;
disturbed;
discontented
etc.
832;
out of humor
etc.
901.1;
weary
etc.
841.
heavy laden,
stricken,
crushed,
a prey to,
victimized,
ill-used.
unfortunate
etc.
(hapless)
735;
to be pitied,
doomed,
devoted,
accursed,
undone,
lost,
stranded;
fey.
unhappy,
infelicitous,
poor,
wretched,
miserable,
woe-begone;
cheerless
etc.
(dejected)
837;
careworn.
concerned,
sorry;
sorrowing,
sorrowful;
cut up,
chagrined,
horrified,
horror-stricken;
in grief,
plunged in grief,
a prey to grief
etc.
n.;
in tears
etc.
(lamenting)
839;
steeped to the lips in misery;
heart-stricken,
heart-broken,
heart-scalded;
broken-hearted;
in despair
etc.
859.
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2 concerned
Involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in:
— A memorandum to those concerned.
— An enterprise in which three men are concerned.
— Factors concerned in the rise and fall of epidemics.
synonym: interested.
3 concerned
Culpably involved:
— All those concerned in the bribery case have been identified.
synonym: implicated.
Moby thesaurus: a party to, active, affected, agitated, all-overish, anxious, anxioused up, apprehensive, attracted, bothered, caring, cathectic, curious, disquieted, distressed, disturbed, enthusiastic, excited, fascinated, fearful, foreboding, implicated, in a pucker, in a stew, included, interested, involved, keen on, misgiving, nervous, on tenterhooks, overanxious, overapprehensive, passionate, perturbed, piqued, responsible, solicitous, strained, suspenseful, tantalized, tense, tickled, titillated, troubled, turned-on, uneasy, upset, vexed, worried, zealous ... show more.
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