Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: alarm
IPA transcription: [əl'ɑɹm]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: alarm, dismay, consternation
    Meaning: fear resulting from the awareness of danger
  • Synonyms: alarm, warning_device, alarm_system
    Meaning: a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify
    Meaning: 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: alarm, alert
    Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
  • "Sir, you alarm me."
  • "Don't alarm yourself.
  • There had been no alarm.
  • She shrunk back in alarm.
  • The zealots took the alarm.
  • She must not alarm herself."
  • The ship rang with the alarm.
  • The people were in great alarm.
  • "He meant to alarm your highness."
  • They said, no, 'twas a false alarm.