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 of alarmed

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

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

Civil liberties groups are equally alarmed by the biometric dragnet. —Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025

An alarmed murmur spreads around the room as the students realize what’s about to be lost. —Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 29 Nov. 2025

Although the White House defends the cuts as streamlining the agency’s mission, cybersecurity professionals and members of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission are alarmed. —Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 26 Nov. 2025

Tommy is, to put it lightly, alarmed. —Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 23 Nov. 2025

Word History

Etymology

from past participle of alarm entry 2

First Known Use

1702, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for alarmed

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