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1. (n.) alarm
a sudden fear or distressing suspense due to awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
2. alarm
any sound, outcry, or information intended to warn of approaching danger.
3. alarm
an automatic device that serves to warn of danger, as fire or an intruder, to arouse someone from sleep, or to call attention to a particular thing.
4. (v.t.) alarm
to make fearful or apprehensive; distress.
5. alarm
to warn of danger; rouse to vigilance or protective action.
6. alarm
to equip with an alarm or alarms, as in case of fire or robbery.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME alarme, alarom < MF < It allarme, n. from phrase all'arme to (the) arms. See arm2)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) alarm, dismay, consternation
fear resulting from the awareness of danger
2. (noun) alarm, warning device, alarm system
a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
3. (noun) alarm, alert, warning signal, alarum
an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
4. (verb) alarm clock, alarm
a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time
5. (verb) dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify
fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
"I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us"
6. (verb) alarm, alert
warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
"The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries"
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1. (noun) alarm
a device that wakes you up
The alarm went off at 6:00 a.m.; Did you set the alarm?
2. alarm
a device that warns you of smoke or fire
a smoke/fire alarm
3. alarm
a strong feeling of worry and panic
"Where's my daughter?" she screamed in alarm.
4. alarm
raise/sound the alarm
to warn people
the first newspaper to raise the alarm about the problem
5. (verb) alarm
to cause great worry
Falling share prices alarmed investors.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Alarm
a summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy
2. (noun) Alarm
any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger
3. (noun) Alarm
a sudden attack; disturbance; broil
4. (noun) Alarm
sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise
5. (noun) Alarm
a mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep, or rousing their attention; an alarum
6. (verb) Alarm
to call to arms for defense; to give notice to (any one) of approaching danger; to rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert
7. (verb) Alarm
to keep in excitement; to disturb
8. (verb) Alarm
to surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear
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Sense: sudden fear
We did not share her alarm at the suggestion.
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 Afrikaans: vrees |
 Arabic: فَزَع، رُعْب |
 Bulgarian: тревога |
 Brazilian: susto |
 Czech: obava, znepokojení |
 German: die Besorgnis |
 Danish: forskrækkelse; rædsel; ur |
 Greek: πανικός |
 Spanish: alarma, susto |
 Estonian: ärevus |
 Farsi: دلهره |
 Finnish: säikähdys |
 French: inquiétude(s) |
 Hebrew: בֶּהָלָה |
 Hindi: खतरे का संकेत |
 Croatian: uzbuna |
 Hungarian: riadalom |
 Indonesian: kekhawatiran, ketakutan |
 Icelandic: felmtur, skyndileg hræðsl |
 Italian: paura, timore |
 Japanese: 不安 |
 Korean: 놀람, 공포 |
 Lithuanian: išgąstis, nerimas |
 Latvian: nemiers; satraukums |
 Malay: ketakutan |
 Dutch: schrik |
 Norwegian: forskrekkelse, redsel, ur |
 Polish: trwoga |
 Persian: دلهره |
 Pashto: اخطار |
 Portuguese: susto |
 Romanian: panică |
 Russian: тревога |
 Slovak: znepokojenie |
 Slovenian: zaskrbljenost |
 Serbian: uznemirenost |
 Swedish: oro,ängslan |
 Thai: ความกลัว |
 Turkish: korku, panik |
 Taiwanese: 驚慌 |
 Ukrainian: сум'яття; паніка |
 Urdu: اچانک خوف |
 Vietnamese: sự sợ hãi |
 Chinese: 惊恐 |
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