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| Main Entry: | concerned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worried |
| Synonyms: | anxious, biting one's nails, bothered, butterflies in stomach, distressed, disturbed, exercised, in a stew, on pins and needles, perturbed, tied up in knots, troubled, uneasy, upset, uptight, worried sick |
| Antonyms: | happy, undisturbed, unperturbed, untroubled, unworried |
| Main Entry: | concerned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | involved with |
| Synonyms: | active, affected, attentive, implicated, interested, solicitous, caring, down with, in on, mixed up, privy to |
| Antonyms: | disinterested, inattentive, uncaring, unconcerned, uninvolved |
| Main Entry: | concern |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | affect personally |
| Synonyms: | bear on, bother, disquiet, distress, disturb, interest, involve, perturb, regard, touch, trouble, worry, apply to, be relevant to, become involved, make anxious, make uneasy, pertain to, take pains |
| Main Entry: | concern |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | relate to, have reference to |
| Synonyms: | answer to, bear on, involve, regard, appertain to, apply to, be about, be applicable to, be connected with, be dependent upon, be interdependent with, be pertinent to, be well taken, bear upon, belong to, deal with, depend upon, have a bearing on, have connections with, have implications for, have relation to, have significance for, have to do with, pertain to, refer to |
| Antonyms: | unconcern |
| Main Entry: | apprehensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | anxious, fearful |
| Synonyms: | afraid, alarmed, concerned, doubtful, foreboding, frozen*, hung up*, jittery, jumpy, lily-livered*, shaky*, stiff, suspicious, troubled, uncertain, uneasy, uptight, weak, worried, biting nails, butterflies, disquieted, feel in bones, get vibes, have a hunch, have cold feet, have funny feeling, have stage fright, in a cold sweat, in a dither, in a sweat, jellyfish, mistrustful, running scared, scaredy-cat, worried sick |
| Antonyms: | calm, quiet, unafraid, at ease, undoubting, unfearful, unsuspicious, unworried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | careful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cautious; painstaking |
| Synonyms: | accurate, alert, apprehensive, assiduous, attentive, chary, choosy, circumspect, concerned, conscientious, conservative, cool, deliberate, discreet, exacting, fastidious, finicky, fussy, guarded, heedful, judicious, leery, meticulous, mindful, observant, particular, precise, prim, protective, provident, prudent, punctilious, regardful, religious, rigorous, scrupulous, shy, sober, solicitous, solid, thorough, thoughtful, vigilant, wary, going to great lengths, playing safe, selfdisciplined |
| Antonyms: | careless, inattentive, incautious, thoughtless, unconcerned, unscrupulous, uncareful |
| Main Entry: | considerate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | respectful of others |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, amiable, attentive, benevolent, big, charitable, chivalrous, circumspect, compassionate, complaisant, concerned, cool, discreet, forbearing, generous, kind, kindly, magnanimous, mellow, mindful, obliging, patient, polite, solicitous, sympathetic, tactful, tender, thoughtful, unselfish, warmhearted, like a sport |
| Antonyms: | disrespectful, impatient, inattentive, inconsiderate, mean, scornful, selfish, thoughtless, unfeeling, unmindful |
| Main Entry: | devoted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | committed, loyal |
| Synonyms: | adherent, affectionate, ardent, concerned, consecrated, constant, crazy about*, dear, dedicated, devout, doting, dutiful, faithful, fervid, fond, loving, staunch, steadfast, thoughtful, true, true-blue*, zealous, behind one, caring, gone on, lovesome, stuck on, wild about |
| Antonyms: | apathetic, disloyal, inconstant, neglectful, negligent, uncommitted, unfaithful, untrustworthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | distraught |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very upset, worked-up |
| Synonyms: | addled, agitated, anxious, beside oneself, bothered, concerned, confused, crazed*, crazy, discomposed, distracted, distrait, distressed, flustered, frantic, harassed, hysterical, in a panic, like a chicken with its head cut off, mad, muddled, nonplussed, nuts*, out of one's mind, overwrought, perturbed, rattled, raving, shook up, thrown, tormented, troubled, unglued, unscrewed, unzipped, wild, worried |
| Notes: | distrait means 'absent-minded as a result of apprehension, worry, etc.' while distraught means 'agitated' and 'bewildered, distracted' |
| Antonyms: | calm, gladdened, happy, pleased, untroubled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | distressed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | upset |
| Synonyms: | afflicted, agitated, antsy, anxious, basket case*, bothered, concerned, cut up*, discombobulated*, disconsolate, distracted, distraught, fidgety, inconsolable, jittery, jumpy, miffed, peeved, perturbed, shaky, troubled, uptight*, wired, worried, wrecked, wretched, all torn up, bugged, bummed out, bundle of nerves, distrait, dragged, exercised, harassed, hyper, in a stew, in a tizzy, ripped, saddened, shook, shook up, shot down, spooked, strung out, tormented, unconsolable, unglued, up the wall |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, glad, happy, joyful, comforted |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enthusiastic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | interested, excited |
| Synonyms: | agog, animated, anxious, ardent, avid, concerned, crazy about*, devoted, eager, earnest, ebullient, exhilarated, exuberant, fanatical, fascinated, fervent, fervid, forceful, gung ho*, hearty, intent, keen, lively, nutty*, obsessed, passionate, pleased, rabid, red-hot*, rhapsodic, spirited, thrilled, unqualified, vehement, vigorous, wacky*, warm, wholehearted, willing, zealous, athirst, attracted, bugged, dying to, gaga, gone on, keyed up, tantalized, titillated |
| Antonyms: | apathetic, disinterested, doubting, indifferent, lethargic, pessimistic, unenthusiastic, weary, unexcited |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | loving |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | expressing adoration |
| Synonyms: | affectionate, amatory, amiable, amorous, anxious, appreciative, ardent, attentive, benevolent, concerned, considerate, cordial, dear, demonstrative, devoted, doting, earnest, enamored, erotic, expressive, faithful, fervent, fond, friendly, generous, idolatrous, impassioned, infatuated, kind, liking, loyal, passionate, respecting, reverent, romantic, sentimental, solicitous, tender, thoughtful, warm, worshipful, zealous, admiring, attached, bound up, caring, reverential, valuing, warm-hearted |
| Antonyms: | mean, disliking, hating |
| Main Entry: | nervous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | anxious, fearful |
| Synonyms: | afraid, agitated, annoyed, apprehensive, basket case*, bothered, concerned, distressed, disturbed, edgy, excitable, fidgety, fitful, fussy*, hesitant, high-strung*, hysterical, irritable, jittery*, jumpy*, nervy*, neurotic, on edge*, overwrought, querulous, restive, sensitive, shaky*, shrinking, shy, skittish, snappish, solicitous, taut, tense, timid, timorous, troubled, uneasy, unstrung, upset, uptight, volatile, weak, wired*, worried, flustered, ruffled, spooked, twitchy, unrestful |
| Antonyms: | brave, calm, unafraid, unnervous, unworried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | polite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mannerly, civilized |
| Synonyms: | affable, amenable, amiable, attentive, bland, civil, complaisant, concerned, conciliatory, condescending, considerate, cordial, courteous, courtly, cultured, deferential, diplomatic, elegant, friendly, genteel, gentle, good-natured, gracious, mild, neighborly, nice, obliging, obsequious, pleasant, polished, politic, punctilious, refined, respectful, smooth, sociable, solicitous, sympathetic, thoughtful, urbane, well-behaved, well-bred, well-mannered |
| Antonyms: | impolite, rude, uncivil, uncivilized, unmannerly, unrefined, unsophisticated |
| Main Entry: | queasy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not feeling well; not comfortable |
| Synonyms: | anxious, concerned, fidgety, groggy, ill, ill at ease, indisposed, nauseated, queer, restless, rocky*, sick, sickly, squeamish, troubled, uncertain, uncomfortable, under the weather*, uneasy, unwell, upset, worried, bilious, green around gills, pukish, qualmish, sick as a dog |
| Antonyms: | comfortable, healthy, satisfied |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | solicitous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worried |
| Synonyms: | anxious, apprehensive, ardent, attentive, avid, beside oneself, careful, concerned, devoted, eager, earnest, heedful, impatient, keen, loving, mindful, raring, regardful, tender, thirsty, troubled, uneasy, zealous, appetent, athirst, caring, worried sick, worried stiff |
| Antonyms: | laid-back, unafraid, easy-going, unworried |
| Main Entry: | uptight |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nervous |
| Synonyms: | anxious, apprehensive, cautious, concerned, conventional, edgy, nervy, old-fashioned, on edge*, restive, strict, tense, troubled, uneasy, withdrawn, worried, on the defensive |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, cool |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | worried |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | anxious, troubled |
| Synonyms: | afraid, apprehensive, beside oneself, bothered, concerned, distracted, distraught, distressed, disturbed, fearful, fretful, frightened, hung up*, ill at ease, nervous, on edge*, overwrought, perturbed, solicitous, tense, uneasy, upset, uptight, clutched, on pins and needles, tormented, worried stiff |
| Antonyms: | calm, untroubled, unworried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | paternal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fatherly |
| Synonyms: | benevolent, concerned, protective, solicitous, vigilant, fatherlike, patrilineal, patrimonial |
| Antonyms: | maternal |
| Main Entry: | affected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deeply moved or hurt emotionally |
| Synonyms: | afflicted, altered, changed, compassionate, concerned, damaged, distressed, excited, impaired, impressed, influenced, injured, overwhelmed, overwrought, sorry, stimulated, sympathetic, tender, touched, troubled, upset, grieved, stirred |
| Antonyms: | calm, unmoved, unperturbed, unswayed, untroubled |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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