alarmedadjective
uk/əˈlɑːmd/us/əˈlɑːrmd/alarmed adjective (PERSON)
[ after verb ] worried or frightened by something:
I was a bit alarmed at/by how much weight she'd lost.
[ + to infinitive ] I was alarmed to hear that she was coming.
[ + that ] I'm rather alarmed that we haven't heard anything.
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Anxious and worried
- (all) hot and bothered idiom
- -racked
- a bundle of nerves idiom
- aflutter
- agitate
- anxious
- apprehensive
- demented
- dread
- fuss
- get in a sweat idiom
- grim
- harassed
- haunted
- prey on sb's mind idiom
- prey on sth
- rattled
- rest easy idiom
- restive
- wound up
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alarmed adjective (VEHICLE)
An alarmed vehicle or place has an alarm in it that, when active, will make a loud noise if anyone enters or touches it:
Warning: this building is alarmed.
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Threats & warnings
- (I) told you (so)! idiom
- (just) you wait idiom
- bell
- cautionary tale
- do you want to make something/anything of it? idiom
- early warning system
- emergency cord
- fire a (warning) shot across sb's bow idiom
- forewarn
- heads-up
- notice
- ring/sound alarm bells idiom
- siren
- slap
- sound
- tip
- tip sb off
- wake-up call
- warning
- warning/alarm bells start to ring/sound idiom
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