1. alarm - noun
· fear resulting from the awareness of danger
Synonym(s): dismay, consternation
Hypernym(s): fear, fearfulness, fright
2. alarm - noun
· a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
Synonym(s): warning_device, alarm_system
Hypernym(s): device
3. alarm - noun
· an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
Synonym(s): alert, warning_signal, alarum
Hypernym(s): signal, signaling, sign
4. alarm - noun
· a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time
Synonym(s): alarm_clock
Hypernym(s): clock
5. alarm - 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"
Synonym(s): dismay, appal, appall, horrify
Hypernym(s): frighten, fright, scare, affright
6. alarm - 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"
Synonym(s): alert
Hypernym(s): warn
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