alarmed

adjective

ə-ˈlärmd 

1

: feeling a sense of danger : urgently worried, concerned, or frightened

I was alarmed to see how sick she looked.

And what followed was not a miracle but a … model of how tough government, cooperative businessmen and a very alarmed public can make a dirty world clean again.

—William Oscar Johnson

2

: equipped with an alarm

an alarmed door

Most exits were locked and alarmed, and employees had to show ID badges when they entered lab buildings.

—Jennifer Nagorka

Synonyms

• affrighted
• afraid
• aghast
• fearful
• frightened
• horrified
• horror-struck
• hysterical
• hysteric
• scared
• scary
• shocked
• spooked
• terrified
• terrorized

Examples of alarmed in a Sentence

the Mohawks were the trapper's friends, so he was not the least bit alarmed at the sight of the band of Mohawk hunters

Recent Examples on the Web

As Erik becomes more worked up, an alarmed Oziel calls Lyle in, and Lyle threatens to kill Oziel. —Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 20 Sep. 2024

But the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, did not seem alarmed or even particularly surprised by the apocalyptic rhetoric. —Simon Shuster, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024

Advocates for human rights and civil liberties have grown alarmed. —Jason Ma, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2024

From the perspective of these alarmed centrists, the nationalism of the far right poses a fundamental threat to the project of European integration. —Hans Kundnani, Foreign Affairs, 10 Sep. 2024

Word History

Etymology

from past participle of alarm entry 2

First Known Use

1702, in the meaning defined at sense 1