- alarm, dismay, consternation - fear resulting from the awareness of danger
--1 is a kind of fear, fearfulness, fright
Derived forms: verb alarm1, verb alarm2 - alarm, warning device, alarm system - a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
--2 is a kind of device
--2 has particulars:automobile horn, car horn, motor horn, horn, hooter; burglar alarm; fire alarm, smoke alarm; horn; siren - alarm, alert, warning signal, alarum - an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
--3 is a kind of signal, signaling, sign
--3 has particulars:torpedo; air alert; burglar alarm; fire alarm; foghorn, fogsignal; horn; red flag; siren; tocsin, alarm bell - alarm clock, alarm - a clock that wakes sleeper at preset time
--4 is a kind of clock
- dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify - fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us"
--1 is one way to frighten, fright, scare, affright
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun alarmist1, noun alarm1
The bad news will alarm him
- alarm, alert - warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness; "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries"
--2 is one way to warn
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun alarm1
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody