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  • past participle of alarm.
  • past tense form of alarm.
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alarmed

ADJECTIVE
frightened
Synonyms


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Cash says he had not been alarmed by this: "I thought it was just standard... for a guy who'd been in China."

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

“Mayday, mayday, we’re descending 10,000 feet per minute,” the pilot called out from within the cockpit of the doomed Learjet, according to air-traffic audio from LiveATC.net, her voice clearly alarmed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Nadeau, who lives in Belleville, Ill., wound up buying the hard drive at the lower price his wife found using her phone, but he was alarmed by the experience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

The Foreign Press Association, which represents international media covering Israel and the Palestinian territories, said it was "deeply alarmed" by false media reports about Bader.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

She seems a bit alarmed when all four of us lunge toward her.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin


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