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Alarming
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noun
1.
a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
2.
3.
an automatic device that serves to call attention, to rouse from sleep, or to warn of fire, smoke, an intruder, etc.
4.
a warning sound; signal for attention.
5.
EXPANDAnimal Behavior. any sound, outcry, chemical discharge, action, or other signal that functions to draw attention to a potential predator.
6.
Fencing. an appeal or a challenge made by a step or stamp on the ground with the advancing foot.
7.
COLLAPSEArchaic. a call to arms.
verb (used with object)
8.
to make fearful or apprehensive; distress.
9.
to warn of danger; rouse to vigilance and swift measures for safety.
10.
to fit or equip with an alarm or alarms, as for fire, smoke, or robbery: to alarm one's house and garage.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English alarme, alarom < Middle French < Old Italian allarme, noun from phrase all'arme to (the) arms. See arm2
1350–1400; Middle English alarme, alarom < Middle French < Old Italian allarme, noun from phrase all'arme to (the) arms. See arm2
Related forms
a·larm·a·ble, adjective
pre·a·larm, verb (used with object), noun
un·a·larmed, adjective
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| alarm (əˈlɑːm) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to fill with apprehension, anxiety, or fear |
| 2. | to warn about danger; alert |
| 3. | to fit or activate a burglar alarm on a house, car, etc |
| —n | |
| 4. | fear or terror aroused by awareness of danger; fright |
| 5. | apprehension or uneasiness: the idea of failing filled him with alarm |
| 6. | a noise, signal, etc, warning of danger |
| 7. | any device that transmits such a warning: a burglar alarm |
| 8. | a. the device in an alarm clock that triggers off the bell or buzzer |
| b. short for alarm clock | |
| 9. | archaic a call to arms |
| 10. | fencing a warning or challenge made by stamping the front foot |
| [C14: from Old French alarme, from Old Italian all'arme to arms; see | |
| a'larming | |
| —adj | |
| a'larmingly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
alarm
early 14c., from O.Fr. alarme, from It. all'arme "to arms!" (lit. "to the arms"). An interjection that came to be used as the word for the call or warning (cf. alert). Extended 16c. to "any sound to warn of danger or to arouse." Weakened sense of "apprehension, unease" is
EXPAND from 1833. Variant alarum is due to the rolling -r- in the vocalized form. Sometimes in early years Anglicized as all-arm. The verb is 1580s, from the noun.
COLLAPSE
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