alarmed

[US]/əˈlɑːmd/
[UK]/əˈlɑːrmd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. feeling frightened, anxious, or panicky
v. to sound the alarm

Phrases & Collocations

feel alarmed

be alarmed by

look alarmed

Example Sentences

the government was alarmed by an outbreak of unrest.

The clang of the firebell alarmed the village.

We were much alarmed by the fire in the forest.

Alarmed at the first sound, we hit the dirt.

The spread of cholera alarmed the whole city.

he is alarmed by the widespread conceit that he spent most of the 1980s drunk.

His mother is alarmed at the ghastliness of his face.

My mother was alarmed when I fell over.

The breaking of a branch under my foot alarmed the deer.

this door is locked and alarmed between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.

Her sudden and inexplicable loss of weight alarmed her doctor.

Before the enemy's attack he crossed the river and alarmed the unarmed villagers.

I’m rather alarmed that you’re planning to leave the company.

The young man had found Signor Pastrini looking very much alarmed, and this had only made him the more anxious to read Albert's letter;and so he went instantly towards the waxlight, and unfolded it.

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