alarm

Meaning of alarm

noun
  1. an anxious awareness of danger.
    the boat tilted and the boatmen cried out in alarm
    some experts view the plan with alarm
verb
  1. make (someone) feel frightened, disturbed, or in danger.
  2. be fitted or protected with an alarm.
    this door is locked and alarmed between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m

late Middle English (as an exclamation meaning ‘to arms!’): from Old French alarme, from Italian allarme, from all' arme! ‘to arms!’.

Information about alarm

  • The plural form of alarm is: alarms.
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Hyphenation of alarm

alarm

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • alarm is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

alarm synonyms

Meaning dismay:

dismay, consternation, appal, appall, horrify

Meaning alert:

alert, alarum

Meaning an unpleasant emotion caused by the threat of danger, pain, or harm:

fear

Meaning a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome:

anxiety

Meaning anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen:

apprehension

Meaning a feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen:

trepidation

Meaning the quality or state of being nervous:

nervousness

Meaning anxiety or discontent:

unease

Meaning extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain:

distress

Meaning a state of anxiety or nervous excitement:

agitation

Meaning a feeling of worry or unease:

disquiet

Meaning anxiety; mental uneasiness:

perturbation

Meaning a sudden intense feeling of fear:

fright

Meaning sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety, often causing wildly unthinking behaviour:

panic

Meaning great fear or apprehension:

dread

Meaning an intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust:

horror

Meaning a sudden upsetting or surprising event or experience:

shock

Meaning extreme fear:

terror

Meaning make (someone) afraid or anxious:

frighten

Meaning cause great fear or nervousness in; frighten:

scare

Meaning cause to feel sudden shock or alarm:

startle

Meaning make (someone) lose courage or confidence:

unnerve

Meaning make (someone) troubled or nervous:

agitate

Meaning make (someone) unhappy, disappointed, or worried:

upset

Meaning make (someone) agitated or confused:

fluster

Meaning disorder or disarrange (someone's hair), typically by running one's hands through it:

ruffle

Meaning disturb the composure of; unsettle:

disconcert

Meaning make (someone) feel intimidated or apprehensive:

daunt

Meaning make (someone) anxious:

disturb

Meaning cause to feel extreme fear:

terrify

Meaning create and maintain a state of extreme fear and distress in (someone); fill with terror:

terrorize

Meaning make (someone) so frightened that they are unable to move:

petrify, petrifying

Meaning make or cause to make a rapid succession of short, sharp knocking sounds:

rattle

Meaning frighten; unnerve:

spook

Meaning making someone afraid or anxious; terrifying:

frightening

Meaning very surprising, astonishing, or remarkable:

startling

Meaning causing one to lose courage or confidence; disconcerting:

unnerving

Meaning causing indignation or disgust; offensive:

shocking

Meaning causing anxiety, sorrow or pain; upsetting:

distressing

Meaning causing unhappiness, disappointment, or worry:

upsetting

Meaning causing one to feel unsettled:

disconcerting

Meaning causing anxiety or concern; unsettling:

perturbing

Meaning causing concern and distress:

dismaying

Meaning inducing feelings of anxiety or worry:

disquieting

Meaning seeming difficult to deal with in prospect; intimidating:

daunting

Meaning causing anxiety; worrying:

disturbing

Meaning acutely distressing:

harrowing

Meaning frightening, especially in appearance:

fearsome

Meaning causing or involving great suffering, fear, or unhappiness; extremely bad or serious:

dreadful

Meaning having the ugly or frightening appearance of a monster:

monstrous

Meaning unfriendly or threatening in appearance:

forbidding

Meaning causing shock or dismay; horrific:

appalling

Meaning horrifying or frightening:

chilling

Meaning causing extreme fear:

terrifying

Meaning frightening; causing fear:

scary

alarm antonyms

Meaning the state or quality of being free from agitation or strong emotion:

calmness

Meaning the state or feeling of being calm and in control of oneself:

composure

Meaning serving or intended to remove someone's doubts or fears:

reassuring

Translation of alarm

Anagrams of alarm

Lamar, Malar, malar, maral, Marla, ramal

Words that rhyme with alarm

autoalarm, prealarm, realarm, unalarm

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