n.
- anxious or frightened awareness of danger.
▸a warning of danger.
- a warning sound or device.
v.
- frighten or disturb.
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(be alarmed)
be fitted or protected with an alarm.
Derivative
- alarming adj.
- alarmingly adv.
Etymology
ME (as exclam. meaning ‘to arms!’): from OFr. alarme, from Ital. allarme, from all' arme!