Overview of noun alarm

The noun alarm has 4 senses

• alarm, dismay, consternation -- (fear resulting from the awareness of danger)


• alarm, warning device, alarm system -- (a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event)


• alarm, alert, warning signal, alarum -- (an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger)


• alarm clock, alarm -- (a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time)

Overview of verb alarm

The verb alarm has 2 senses

• dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify -- (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")


• alarm, alert -- (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")