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- pronunciation:
larm
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
When you feel alarm, you suddenly feel very worried or afraid.
Everybody felt alarm when they saw that the tornado was coming.- synonyms:
- fear, horror, terror
- antonyms:
- calmness
- similar words:
- anxiety, discomfort, distress, fright, panic, scare
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| definition 2: |
An alarm is a bell or other loud noise that tells you there is something that might hurt you.
When we heard the fire alarm, we had to leave the school building.- synonyms:
- signal, siren, whistle
- similar words:
- alert, bell, horn, warning
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| definition 3: |
The sound of a clock that wakes you up is an alarm. Alarms can also tell you that it is time for you to do something.
My mom didn't hear her alarm this morning, so she slept late and we were all late for school.- synonyms:
- bell, horn, siren, whistle
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| related words: |
fear |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
alarms, alarming, alarmed |
| definition: |
When something alarms you, it makes you very worried or afraid.
The baby's sudden high fever alarmed her parents.- synonyms:
- frighten, scare, startle
- antonyms:
- calm, reassure
- similar words:
- distress, disturb, shock, surprise
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| related words: |
frighten, scare, trouble |
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