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Synonyms for alarm
əˈlɑrmalarm
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
alarm
Alarm, according to its derivation all'arme, "to arms," is an arousing to meet and repel danger, and may be quite consistent with true courage. Affright and fright express sudden fear which, for the time at least, overwhelms courage. The sentinel discovers with alarm the sudden approach of the enemy; the unarmed villagers view it with affright. Apprehension, disquietude, dread, misgiving, and solicitude are in anticipation of danger; consternation, dismay, and terror are overwhelming fear, generally in the actual presence of that which is terrible, though these words also may have an anticipative force. Timidity is a quality, habit, or condition, a readiness to be affected with fear. A person of great timidity is constantly liable to needless alarm and even terror. Compare FEAR.
Synonyms:
affright, apprehension, consternation, dismay, disquietude, dread, fear, fright, misgiving, panic, solicitude, terror, timidityAntonyms:
assurance, calmness, confidence, repose, securityPreposition:
Alarm was felt in the camp, among the soldiers, at the news.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
alarmnoun
Synonyms:
apprehension, fright, fear, timidity, consternation, tocsin, war-cry, war-note, reveille, dread, affright, disquietude, dismayAntonyms:
confidence, security, quietalarmverb
Synonyms:
warn, wake, terrify, intimidate, frighten
Princeton's WordNet
alarm, dismay, consternationnoun
fear resulting from the awareness of danger
Synonyms:
warning device, alarum, warning signal, consternation, alarm clock, alert, alarm system, discouragement, dismay, disheartenmentalarm, warning device, alarm systemnoun
a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
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warning device, alarum, warning signal, consternation, alarm clock, alert, alarm system, dismayalarm, alert, warning signal, alarumnoun
an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
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warning device, alarum, warning signal, consternation, alarm clock, qui vive, alert, alarm system, alerting, dismayalarm clock, alarmverb
a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time
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warning device, alarum, warning signal, consternation, alarm clock, alert, alarm system, dismaydismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrifyverb
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"
Synonyms:
depress, dismay, appall, dispirit, outrage, shock, appal, deject, demoralise, horrify, offend, scandalise, get down, demoralize, cast down, scandalize, alertalarm, alertverb
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"
Dictionary of English Synonymes
alarmnoun
Synonyms:
alarum, larum, tocsin, summons to arms, alarm-bell, beat of drum, sound of trumpet, notice of danger, signal of distressalarmnoun
Synonyms:
fear, apprehension, terror, fright, affright, consternation, dismayalarmverb
Synonyms:
call to arms, summon to armsalarmverb
Synonyms:
terrify, frighten, affright, startle, scare, daunt, appall, put in fear
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
alarmnoun
Synonyms:
warning, signal, apprehension, terror, consternation trepidation, fright, panic, dismayalarmverb
Synonyms:
terrify, frighten, scare, appall, daunt, unnerve, intimidate
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1398 | warning | |
#2450 | alert | |
#2824 | fear | |
#3115 | concern | |
#4148 | alarm | |
#4602 | shock | |
#4774 | wake | |
#5421 | terror | |
#7485 | detector | |
#8550 | panic | |
#10820 | alarms | |
#11327 | warn | |
#15014 | whistle | |
#19676 | dread | |
#20114 | outrage | |
#23039 | offend | |
#25622 | alerting | |
#28568 | alarmed | |
#29576 | fright | |
#30578 | apprehension | |
#33345 | dismay | |
#37463 | intimidate | |
#43167 | frighten | |
#47884 | depress | |
#48260 | ultimatum | |
#60338 | consternation | |
#60838 | timidity | |
#73210 | discouragement | |
#100606 | terrify | |
#101064 | reveille | |
#102610 | solicitude | |
#163167 | demoralize | |
#180960 | scaremongering | |
#187910 | misgiving | |
#204791 | horrify | |
#216390 | appal | |
#221913 | alarum | |
#224580 | affright | |
#257585 | tocsin | |
#290491 | appall | |
#308383 | disquietude |
How to use alarm in a sentence?
We are aware of the recent incident involving MPD officers responding to an audible residential burglary alarm and while at this call an MPD officer discharged their firearm, striking two dogs belonging to the homeowner, anytime an officer discharges their firearm in the line of duty there is an investigation. We are in the process of reviewing the video posted online, as well as the officer’s body camera video.
The climate alarm bells are also ringing at fever pitch, the recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was a code red for humanity. We see the warning signs in every continent and region -- scorching temperatures, shocking biodiversity loss, polluted air, water and natural spaces.
The situation is tense, people are worried, the city needs peace and peaceful skies … Kyiv residents have been in their basements nonstop for a week now because of air raid alarm going off all the time.
Republican Representative Bruce Babin:
The terrorist attack in Paris by militant Islamists is a loud clanging alarm bell to Congress and the American people warning us why we must block Obama’s reckless and foolish plan to allow tens of thousands of Syrian refugees into the U.S..
There was no coordination, one person would be in charge of measuring my blood pressure. Another would come in when the alarm went off, and they never thought, 'Gee if the alarm goes off, I should also do blood pressure.'.
Translations for alarm
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- إنذارArabic
- трывогаBelarusian
- разтревожвам, тревога, аларма, будилникBulgarian
- alarmar, despertador, alarmaCatalan, Valencian
- alarmDanish
- alarmieren, Alarmstimmung, Wecker, Alarmsignal, AlarmGerman
- alarma, despertadorSpanish
- زنگ خطرPersian
- pelästyttää, herätyskello, hälyttää, pelästyminen, huolestuttaa, hälytysFinnish
- réveil, alarme, réveille-matinFrench
- clisgeadh, rabhadhScottish Gaelic
- ébresztő, ijedtség, fegyverbe, riadó, riadalomHungarian
- զարթուցիչArmenian
- 警報Japanese
- 경보, 警報Korean
- alarmklok, alarmeren, alarmstemming, verontrusten, alarmkreet, wekker, alarm, alarm slaan, beangstigen, alarmsignaalDutch
- alarmPolish
- alarme, despertadorPortuguese
- страх, смятение, сигнал тревоги, опасение, будильник, тревога, сигнализация, испугRussian
- аларм, alarmSerbo-Croatian
- väckarklockaSwedish
- тривогаUkrainian
- báo độngVietnamese
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