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alarmed
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alarmed
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | frightened |
| Synonyms: | afraid, anxious, aroused, fearful |
| Concept: | [Indication of danger.] Alarm. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; contingent subservience |
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-nouns
alarm; alarum, larum, alarm bell, tocsin, alerts, beat of drum, sound of trumpet, note of alarm, hue and cry, fire cross, signal of distress; blue lights; war-cry, war-whoop; warning; fogsignal, foghorn; yellow flag; danger signal; red light, red flag; fire bell; police whistle., false alarm, cry of wolf; bug-bear, bugaboo.
-verbs
give the alarm, raise the alarm, sound the alarm, turn in the alarm, beat the alarm, give an alarm, raise an alarm, sound an alarm, turn in an alarm, beat an alarm; alarm; warn; ring the tocsin; battre la generale; cry wolf.
-adjectives
alarming
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| Main Entry: | afraid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fearful |
| Synonyms: | abashed, aghast, alarmed, anxious, apprehensive, aroused, blanched, cowardly, cowed, daunted, discouraged, disheartened, dismayed, distressed, disturbed, faint-hearted, frightened, frozen, have cold feet, horrified, in awe, intimidated, nervous, panic-stricken, perplexed, perturbed, petrified, rattled, run scared, scared, scared stiff, scared to death, shocked, spooked, startled, stunned, suspicious, terrified, terror-stricken, timid, timorous, trembling, upset, worried |
| Antonyms: | bold, brave, composed, confident, cool, courageous, fearless, heroic, intrepid, unafraid, undaunted, valiant |
| Main Entry: | aghast |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | horrified; very surprised |
| Synonyms: | afraid, agape, agog, alarmed, amazed, anxious, appalled, astonished, astounded, awestruck, confounded, dismayed, dumbfounded, frightened, horror-struck, overwhelmed, shocked, startled, stunned, terrified, thunderstruck |
| Antonyms: | unsurprised |
| Main Entry: | apprehensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | anxious, fearful |
| Synonyms: | afraid, alarmed, biting nails, butterflies, concerned, disquieted, doubtful, feel in bones, foreboding, frozen*, get vibes, have a hunch, have cold feet, have funny feeling, have stage fright, hung up, in a cold sweat, in a dither, in a sweat, jellyfish, jittery, jumpy, lily-livered, mistrustful, running scared, scaredy-cat, shaky*, stiff, suspicious, troubled, uncertain, uneasy, uptight, weak, worried, worried sick |
| Antonyms: | at ease, calm, quiet, unafraid, undoubting, unfearful, unsuspicious, unworried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frightened |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very scared |
| Synonyms: | abashed, affrighted, afraid, aghast, alarmed, anxious, butterflies, chicken*, chicken-hearted, cowed, dismayed, fearful, frozen, have cold feet, having kittens, hung up, in a cold sweat, in a panic, in a sweat, jellyfish, jittery, jumpy, lily-livered, mousy, numb, panicky, petrified, pushing the panic button, rabbity, running scared, scared stiff, shaky, shivery, sissy, spooked, startled, terrified, terror-stricken, terrorized, unnerved, uptight, yellow* |
| Antonyms: | calm, comforted, happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | petrified |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | terrified |
| Synonyms: | afraid, alarmed, anxious, dazed, fearful, frightened, frozen, have cold feet, immobilized, in a cold sweat, in a panic, numb, panicky, pushing the panic button, scared, scared stiff, shocked, speechless, spooked, startled, stunned, terror-stricken, terrorized, unnerved |
| Main Entry: | uneasy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | awkward, uncomfortable |
| Synonyms: | afraid, agitated, alarmed, all nerves, anguished, anxious, apprehensive, bothered, constrained, discomposed, dismayed, disquieted, disturbed, edgy, fearful, fidgety, fretful, harassed, ill at ease, impatient, in turmoil, insecure, irascible, irritable, jittery, jumpy, nervous, on edge, on the qui vive, palpitant, peevish, perplexed, perturbed, precarious, restive, restless, shaken, shaky, strained, suspicious, tense, tormented, troubled, unquiet, unsettled, unstable, upset, vexed, worried, wrung |
| Antonyms: | comfortable, composed, easy-going, laid-back |
| Main Entry: | startled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | frightened |
| Synonyms: | afraid, alarmed, scared, shocked, spooked, stunned, surprised, terrified |
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