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concerned(dictionary)

concerned (iou)



concerned ppl adjective. . M17.
[from CONCERN verb + -ED1.]
1. Interested, involved; troubled, anxious; showing concern. (Foll. by about, for, in, with, etc., (now usu. in neg. & interrog. contexts) to do.) M17.
as far as one is concerned, so far as one is concerned as regards one's interests.
E. M. Forster I am really concerned at the way those girls go on. E. Bowen Braithwaite was clearing tea away with a concerned face.
b. spec. Having a social conscience, involved in social or moral issues. M20.
2. Confounded, deuced. US & dial. M19.
concernedly adverb M17.
concernedness noun L17.