Alarm Meaning and Definition


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What is the definition Alarm? What is its meaning in the dictionary? Antonyms, Derivations, Example sentences, Words ending with Alarm, Related sentences, Words starting with Alarm, How to pronounce? Synonyms and more...

Alarm meaning

Word: Alarm

How to pronounce: əˈlɑːm

Noun

Definitions:

1. An anxious awareness of danger.

Example sentences: "The boat tilted and the boatmen cried out in alarm"

Verb

Definitions:

1. Cause (someone) to feel frightened, disturbed, or in danger.

Example sentences: "The government was alarmed by an outbreak of unrest"

2. Be fitted or protected with an alarm.

Example sentences: "This door is locked and alarmed between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m."


Synonyms:

signal system

signalling

fault signal

signal

signaling

warning signal

alert

anxiety

emergency

alarm signal

breakdown signal

warning

admonishment

signaling device

alerter

siren

annunciator

warning device

alarm system

dismay

fright

affright

alarum

clock

tocsin

concern

disquiet

fuss

distress

ail

flurry

worry

unsettle

bother

perturb

disturb

upset

consternation

trepidation

horror

terror

alarm clock

notification

notice

startle

appal

scare

horrify

terrify

panic

apprehension

fear

misgiving

apprehensiveness

dread

caution

terrorize


Antonyms:

security

safety

calm


Derivations:

alarmed

alarming

alarmist

alarmingly


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Alarm in Other Languages...

Spanish: Alarma

German: Wecker

French: Alarme

Italian: Allarme

Turkish: Alârm


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