Unscramble alarm

Definition of alarm

noun:

• fear resulting from the awareness of danger. Synonyms: consternation, dismay.
• a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event. Synonyms: alarm system, warning device.
• an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger. Synonyms: alarum, alert, warning signal.
• a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time. Synonyms: alarm clock.

verb:

• fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview", "The news of the executions horrified us". Synonyms: appal, appall, dismay, horrify.
• warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness; "The empty house alarmed him", "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries". Synonyms: alert.

Related words

foghorn, fogsignal, hooter, horn, shock, siren, tocsin, torpedo, wake.

Words nearby

alar, alarum, alary.

Rhymes with

arm, charm, disarm, farm, forearm, harm, rearm, unarm, underarm.