- 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