alarmed
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈlɑɹmd/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈlɑːmd/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)md
- Hyphenation: alarmed
Verb
[edit]alarmed
- simple past and past participle of alarm
Adjective
[edit]alarmed (comparative more alarmed, superlative most alarmed)
- (not comparable) Having an alarm fitted.
- This door is alarmed.
- Worried; anxious; panicky.
- I'm extremely alarmed about the army outside my house.
- 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 2, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume I, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849, →OCLC:
- Thomas, the groom, in the act of drinking, put down the jug alarmed before his master. Thomas’s master felt the honour keenly.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]having an alarm fitted
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worried — see worried