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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 |