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NOUN | 1 | alarm, dismay, consternation | Fear resulting from the awareness of danger |
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2 | alarm, warning device, alarm system | A device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event | |
3 | alarm, alert, warning signal, alarum | An automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger | |
4 | alarm, alarm clock | A clock that wakes sleeper at preset time | |
VERB | 1 | alarm, dismay, appal, appall, horrify | Fill with apprehension or alarm |
2 | alarm, alert | Warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness |
Sounds | ahlaa'rm |
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Rhymes | arm, charm, disarm, and 10 more rhymes in aarm at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Fear resulting from the awareness of danger. |
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Synonyms | dismay, consternation |
Attributes | alarming; unalarming |
Broader | fear, fearfulness, fright |
Verbs | alarm; alarm |
Meaning | A device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event. |
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Synonyms | warning device, alarm system |
Narrower | automobile horn, car horn, motor horn, horn, hooter; burglar alarm; fire alarm, smoke alarm; horn; siren |
Broader | device |
Meaning | An automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger. |
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Synonyms | alert, warning signal, alarum |
Narrower | torpedo; air alert; burglar alarm; fire alarm; foghorn, fogsignal; horn; red flag; siren; tocsin, alarm bell |
Broader | signal, signaling, sign |
Meaning | A clock that wakes sleeper at preset time. |
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Synonyms | alarm clock |
Broader | clock |
Meaning | Fill with apprehension or alarm. Cause to be unpleasantly surprised. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
Model | The bad news will alarm him |
Synonyms | dismay, appal, appall, horrify |
Narrower | shock |
Broader | frighten, fright, scare, affright |
Nouns | alarm; alarmist |
Meaning | Warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
Examples | "The empty house alarmed him" |
Synonyms | alert |
Narrower | wake |
Broader | warn |
Nouns | alarm |