alarmed

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈlɑɹmd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈlɑːmd/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)md
• Hyphenation: alarmed

Verb

alarmed

1. simple past and past participle of alarm

Adjective

alarmed (not comparable)

1. Having an alarm fitted.

   This door is alarmed.

2. Worried; anxious; panicky.

   I'm extremely alarmed about the army outside my house.

   • 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 2, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume I, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849, →OCLC:

     Thomas, the groom, in the act of drinking, put down the jug alarmed before his master. Thomas’s master felt the honour keenly.

Derived terms

• alarmedly
• nonalarmed
• unalarmed

 

Translations

having an alarm fitted

• Portuguese: alarmado (pt)
• Romanian: senzorizat
• Swedish: larmad (sv)

worried — see worried