alarmed

1 of 2

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

alarmed

2 of 2

past tense and past participle of alarm entry 2

Synonyms of alarmed

Adjective

• frightened
• afraid
• terrified
• scared
• horrified
• shocked
• worried

Examples of alarmed in a Sentence

Adjective

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

Adjective

Since Melanie Federline’s arrest, details in the arrest warrant about loose pills and the use of allergy medicine in the home as a sleep aid have alarmed physicians and child welfare experts. — Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026

In New York and then Kansas City, Morgenthau grew alarmed as the United States watched Nazi Germany rearm, annex Austria, and invade Czechoslovakia. — David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2026

Julius Bampe, a polygamous man, was alarmed earlier this year when testing confirmed his younger wife had HIV. — ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026

Some of the world’s leading financiers are sounding increasingly alarmed about an AI bubble. — Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

from past participle of alarm entry 2

First Known Use

Adjective

1702, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for alarmed

• armed
• charmed
• farmed
• harmed
• disarmed
• unarmed
• unharmed