Synonyms for alarm
əˈlɑrm

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1. alarm, dismay, consternation(noun)

   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 system(noun)

   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, alarum(noun)

   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, alarm(verb)

   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, horrify(verb)

   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, alert(verb)

   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. 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.

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1. alarm(n)

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

   Antonyms:
   confidence, security, quiet

2. alarm(v)

   Synonyms:
   warn, wake, terrify, intimidate, frighten

   Antonyms:
   compose, embolden, reassure, rally

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. alarm(n.)

   Synonyms:
   alarum, larum, tocsin, summons to arms, alarm-bell, beat of drum, sound of trumpet, notice of danger, signal of distress

2. alarm(n.)

   Synonyms:
   fear, apprehension, terror, fright, affright, consternation, dismay

3. alarm(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   call to arms, summon to arms

4. alarm(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   terrify, frighten, affright, startle, scare, daunt, appall, put in fear

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1. alarm(n)

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

2. alarm(v)

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "alarm":

   warning, alert, alarmed, alarms, panic, concern, whistle, ultimatum, detector, scaremongering

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1. David Poeppel:

   These findings suggest that the design of alarm signals can be further improved, the same way a bad smell is added to natural gas to make it easily detectable, adding roughness to alarm sounds may improve and accelerate their processing.

2. Kelly RIpa:

   Sunday evening, our alarm trips, my daughter's having a party on the roof of our house. She was gone 12 hours and came home.

3. Angela Rasmussen:

   Your body has basically a fire alarm system that's a sprinkler system all at the same time... [ This ] is the first line of defense against different viral infections. When that system is delayed at triggering the alarm, and then consequently triggering the defenses, people tend to have worse outcomes and more severe disease, we're still learning about what makes that delay happen. But that does seem to be one of the major driving factors in how sick people will ultimately get.

4. Mary Schoenfeldt:

   For our students to hear an announcement and to hear an alarm sound and have to go out to a place where they had been evacuated before - it just brought all those intense emotions back up for people.

5. Robert Redford:

   But almost instantly he began to disappoint and then alarm me. I dont think Im alone.

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