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Synonyms for alarmed


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uh-lahrm
Phonetic Transcription : əˈlɑrm



Définition of alarmed

Origin :
  • "disturbed by prospects of peril," 1640s, past participle adjective from alarm (v.).
  • adj frightened
Example sentences :
  • "Don't be alarmed, my dear mother," said Robert, soothingly.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Then, indeed, she had burst upon him with an impetuous despair that had alarmed him.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • "But there wasn't any shot," the perplexed and alarmed detective expostulated.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • And into his thoughts now crept a doubt, one that alarmed his sense of justice.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • But about this time I was alarmed for myself by a slight twinge of jealousy.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • But Proserpina was so alarmed, that she wished for nothing but to get out of his reach.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • It would have alarmed his superiors, and done away with his chances of promotion.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • I will not—Heaven forbid that I should alarm you as I have been alarmed!
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • But he was alarmed at her appearance and wanted to go for the doctor, as he told her.
  • Extract from : « What Sami Sings with the Birds » by Johanna Spyri
  • He too had been alarmed for the fate of the boy, but he affected now not to see him.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

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