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Wiktionary

  1. v. Simple past tense and past participle of alarm.
  2. adj. Having an alarm fitted.
  3. adj. Worried; anxious; panicky.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Aroused to vigilance; excited by fear of approaching danger; agitated; disturbed.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. experiencing a sudden sense of danger

Examples

  • “His expression alarmed me, but also provoked my curiosity.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Last Great Dance on Earth

  • “The title alarmed a number of peace activists who were worried that Gregory, a research analyst at the”

    Libertarian Blog Place

  • “I think what has your daughter so alarmed is the recent spate of violent crime in the northern Baja corridor (Tijuana to San Quintin) that was directed at tourists.”

    California Crossings

  • “Looking at John, something fixed and distant in his expression alarmed him.”

    A Haunted House, and other short stories

  • “And his name alarmed the medium exceedingly, that she commenced to cry, and also all her acquaintances were very much excited.”

    Secret Enemies of True Republicanism

  • “After a short period the friend who had presented Captain --, alarmed for my safety, and actuated by a liberal wish to defend me from the artifice of his associate, waited on my mother, and, after some hesitation, informed her that my lover was already married! that he had a young and amiable wife in a sister kingdom, and that he apprehended some diabolical stratagem for the enthralment of my honour.”

    Memoirs of Mary Robinson

  • “Fred Gunter, owner of Exkursion, said the call alarmed him and his wife, because they still are jittery about the fire 11 years ago.”

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  • “I didn’t mean to scare you, he said, his eyes studying her, his expression alarmed.”

    Simon & Schuster: The First Evil

  • “The tone in which the candidate cited my friend's name alarmed me, so I went to my computer to run a search of what happened.”

    Ryan McDermott: A Hero Remembered

  • “All she could see was their eyes, and the expression seemed alarmed by the cold, made desperate by the wind and the freezing temperatures.”

    Simon & Schuster: Brooklyn

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