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concern
Synonyms and Antonyms of concern
- several banking concerns in the area
- the recent crime wave has caused a great deal of concern in the neighborhood
alarm (also alarum), anguish, consternation, desperateness, desperation, discomfort, discomposure, dismay, distraction, distress, disturbance, edginess, franticness, hand-wringing, jitters, jumpiness, panic, tremor
angst, fearfulness, torment, upset, vexation
cold feet, doubt, dread, foreboding, incertitude, misgiving, presentiment, suspense, uncertainty
Synonym Discussion of concern
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- a face worn by years of care
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- crimes caused concern in the neighborhood
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- acted with typical maternal solicitude
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- plagued by anxiety and self-doubt
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- financial worries
concern
Synonyms and Antonyms of concern
- the book concerns the challenges faced by children growing up in single-parent households
- the problems of air and water pollution that concern all of us
- we were greatly concerned by reports that yet another previously unknown virus is now posing a threat
aggravate, anger, annoy, bug, chafe, chivy (or chivvy), exasperate, fret, gall, get, grate, harass, harry, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, pester, pique, put off, put out, rile, vex
abash, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, jar, mortify, nonplus, rattle, shake up
daunt, demoralize, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, unnerve
calm, compose, quiet, settle, soothe, tranquilize (also tranquillize)
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