alarm

Definitions

1. 1noun

   A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.

2. 2noun

   Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.

3. 3noun

   A sudden attack; disturbance; broil.

4. 4noun

   Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.

5. 5noun

   A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep, or rousing their attention; an alarum.

6. 6transitive verb

   To call to arms for defense; to give notice to (any one) of approaching danger; to rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.

7. 7transitive verb

   To keep in excitement; to disturb.

8. 8transitive verb

   To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.

9. 9noun

   a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event

10. 10noun

    a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time

11. 11noun

    an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger

    Synonyms

    alarumalert
12. 12noun

    fear resulting from the awareness of danger

    Synonyms

    consternationdismay
13. 13verb

    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

    alert
14. 14verb

    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

    appalappalldismayhorrify