concerned
adjective
us
/kənˈsɝːnd/ uk
/kənˈsɜːnd/concerned adjective (WORRIED)
B2
[ + (that) ] Aren't you concerned (that) she might tell someone?
[ + to infinitive ] He was concerned to hear that two of his trusted workers were leaving.
Concerned parents have complained about the dangerous playground.
- worriedI'm worried that he's not going to graduate.
- concernedAren't you concerned that she might tell someone?
- perturbedHe didn't seem unduly perturbed by the news.
- fretfulShe got a fretful night's sleep after the dreadful news.
- anxiousAll this waiting is making me anxious.
- apprehensiveHe's a bit apprehensive about leaving home.
- Many people are very concerned about the destruction of the rainforests.
- Theater companies are very concerned about cuts in government grants to the arts.
- Police are concerned that mugging is on the increase.
- In the movie, he plays a concerned and sensitive father trying to bring up two teenage children on his own.
- Today, people are much more concerned about their health than they were in the past.
concerned adjective (INVOLVED)
- He's a bit of a dilettante as far as wine is concerned.
- The rally has been canceled for the good of all concerned.
- The well-known humanitarian, Joseph Rowntree, was concerned with the welfare of his employees.
- I'm a complete ignoramus where computers are concerned.
- It never pays to take risks where human safety is concerned.
