ALARM
/əˈlɑːm/ ► audio Scrabble 7 Words With Friends 9
Definition
- verb fill with apprehension or alarm.
— synonyms: dismay, appal, appall, horrify
- verb warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness.
— synonyms: alert
- noun fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
— synonyms: dismay, consternation
- noun a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event.
— synonyms: warning_device, alarm_system
- noun an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger.
— synonyms: alert, warning_signal, alarum
- noun a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time.
— synonyms: alarm_clock
Examples
- “The clock radio is a friendlier version of the cold alarm by the bedside.”
- “You should set the alarm on your watch to go off at seven o'clock.”
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