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Synonyms for alarm
əˈlɑrmalarm

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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. 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, timidity

    Antonyms:
    assurance, calmness, confidence, repose, security

    Preposition:
    Alarm was felt in the camp, among the soldiers, at the news.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. alarmnoun

    Synonyms:
    apprehension, fright, fear, timidity, consternation, tocsin, war-cry, war-note, reveille, dread, affright, disquietude, dismay

    Antonyms:
    confidence, security, quiet

  2. alarmverb

    Synonyms:
    warn, wake, terrify, intimidate, frighten

    Antonyms:
    compose, embolden, reassure, rally

Princeton's WordNet4.0 / 1 vote

  1. alarm, dismay, consternationnoun

    fear resulting from the awareness of danger

    Synonyms:
    warning device, alarum, warning signal, consternation, alarm clock, alert, alarm system, discouragement, dismay, disheartenment

  2. alarm, warning device, alarm systemnoun

    a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event

    Synonyms:
    warning device, alarum, warning signal, consternation, alarm clock, alert, alarm system, dismay

  3. alarm, alert, warning signal, alarumnoun

    an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger

    Synonyms:
    warning device, alarum, warning signal, consternation, alarm clock, qui vive, alert, alarm system, alerting, dismay

  4. alarm clock, alarmverb

    a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time

    Synonyms:
    warning device, alarum, warning signal, consternation, alarm clock, alert, alarm system, dismay

  5. dismay, 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, alert

  6. alarm, 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"

    Synonyms:
    dismay, appall, appal, horrify, alert

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  1. alarmnoun

    Synonyms:
    warning, signal, apprehension, terror, consternation trepidation, fright, panic, dismay

  2. alarmverb

    Synonyms:
    terrify, frighten, scare, appall, daunt, unnerve, intimidate

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How to use alarm in a sentence?

  1. Corey Schmidt:

    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.

  2. António Guterres:

    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.

  3. Wladimir Klitschko:

    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.

  4. 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..

  5. Peter Ubel:

    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.'.


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