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: 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
William Oscar Johnson2
: 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
Jennifer NagorkaExamples 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
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Dana Taylor, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
Others in Guojun’s orbit were more alarmed.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
This year's software stock sell-off, which accelerated Tuesday, has alarmed investors, traders and analysts who worry the slide has further to go.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
The Kremlin certainly seems alarmed.
—Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
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“Alarmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alarmed. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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