care
care - noun
- Suffering of mind : grief
- A disquieted state of mixed uncertainty, apprehension, and responsibility
- A cause for such anxiety
- Painstaking or watchful attention
Usage examples
Examples: "I can see the care from here." "That care belongs to me." "The care is very important."
care - thesaurus
Synonyms: carefulness, closeness, conscientiousness, heed, heedfulness, meticulosity, meticulousness, pains
Antonyms: heedlessness, inattentiveness, negligence, carelessness, brashness, incaution, incautiousness, recklessness
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Etymology
Middle English, "sorrow, distress, concern," going back to Old English cearu, caru, going back to Germanic *karō (whence also Old Saxon kara "sorrow, worry," Old High German chara, Old Norse kǫr "sickbed," Gothic kara "concern") perhaps going back to an Indo-European base *ǵeh{inf}2{/inf}r-, *ǵh{inf}2{/inf}r- "make a sound, cry," whence Old Irish ad-gair "(s/he) accuses, sues," Middle Irish gáir "shout, cry," Welsh gawr, Greek gêrys "voice, speech," Middle Persian zryg, zryq "sorrow, suffering," Ossetic (Iron dialect) zæl- "make a sound," zar- "sing"