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Defenition of the word alarm

    • Defenition of the word alarm

      • The act of signalling an impending danger in order to call attention to some event or condition.
      • A signal given to call attention to some event or condition which may be an impending danger.
      • arouse to a sense of danger; "The empty house alarmed him"
      • an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
      • fear resulting from the awareness of danger
      • a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
      • wakes sleeper at preset time
      • fill with apprehension or alarm
      • a clock that wakes sleeper at preset time
      • 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"
      • 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"
      • a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time
      • warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
      • fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

    Synonyms for the word alarm

      • agitation
      • alarm bell
      • alarm clock
      • alarm system
      • alarum
      • alert
      • anxiety
      • appal
      • appall
      • apprehension
      • bell
      • buzzer
      • clock radio
      • consternation
      • danger signal
      • dismay
      • distress
      • distress signal
      • dread
      • fear
      • fright
      • frighten
      • horrify
      • panic
      • radio alarm
      • scare
      • siren
      • startle
      • terrify
      • terror
      • unease
      • warning
      • warning device
      • warning signal

    Similar words in the alarm

      • alarm
      • alarmingly
      • alarmist
      • alarmist's
      • alarmists

    Hyponyms for the word alarm

      • air alert
      • alarm bell
      • automobile horn
      • burglar alarm
      • car horn
      • fire alarm
      • foghorn
      • fogsignal
      • hooter
      • horn
      • motor horn
      • red flag
      • shock
      • siren
      • smoke alarm
      • tocsin
      • torpedo
      • wake

    Hypernyms for the word alarm

      • affright
      • clock
      • device
      • fear
      • fearfulness
      • fright
      • frighten
      • scare
      • sign
      • signal
      • signaling
      • warn

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