Concern and Sympathy

Concern

Concern noun - A feeling of sympathy for someone or something.

Usage example: She felt strong concern for those less fortunate

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Sympathy and concern are semantically related in solicitude topic. In some cases you can use "Sympathy" instead a noun "Concern".

Sympathy noun - Sorrow or the capacity to feel sorrow for another's suffering or misfortune.

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Concern and sympathy are semantically related in compassion topic. Sometimes you can use "Concern" instead a noun "Sympathy".

genuine	genuine concern	genuine sympathy
deep	deep concern	deep sympathy
actual	actual concern	actual sympathy
real	real concern	real sympathy
Other adjectives: massive, great, little, personal, major, national, minor, apparent, less, mere, slightest, mutual, growing, utmost, garnering.

In Ex Machina, Nathan often affects false sympathy or concern to torment his robots, although he does it to Caleb too on a less frequent basis.

Source: Faux Affably Evil
Nice Girl: Kerry often has concern and sympathy for people, even those who havent been nice to her at all.

Source: Literature / Companions Of The Night
The tone of Frank's confrontation with his father is considerably different, with him showing less hostility, more genuine sympathy and concern, and attempting to wake him up.

Source: Film / Magnolia

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