Alarm

noun
ə'lɑrm

Noun

  • fear resulting from the awareness of danger

    Similar:ConsternationDismay
    Type of:FearFrightFearfulness

  • a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time

    Type of:Clock

  • a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event

    Type of:Device

  • an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger

    Similar:AlarumAlert
    Type of:SignalingSignSignal

Verb

  • warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness

    “The empty house alarmed him”

    Similar:Alert
    Type of:Warn

  • fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

    Similar:AppalAppallDismayHorrify
    Type of:FrightScareFrighten

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