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alarmed

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verb

variants also alarumed
past tense of alarm
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Recent Examples of alarmed
Adjective
When the bear didn’t even slow, Steve was alarmed. Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025 But fans were alarmed this week when one of Parton’s 11 siblings, Freida, posted on Facebook asking for prayers for her superstar sister. Sydney Lake, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
Union leaders are also alarmed by new regulations announced Tuesday that increase the minimum number of workers required to form a union from 20 to 50, and raise the maximum number of unions per factory from three to five. Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 2 Oct. 2025 European leaders, alarmed at the rise in airspace incursions and the security threat that drones pose, proposed building a drone wall to protect the region’s eastern flank against potential attacks and incursions. Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for alarmed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alarmed
Adjective
  • Her parents were opposed to the Russian occupation but too frightened to talk about it.
    Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2025
  • That included an incident in a press box at Yankee Stadium in 2013, when a frightened and fractured Kay had to be brought back to a team hotel, or an incident at the offices at Angel Stadium on Easter Day in 2019 when a sweating and erratic Kay was taken home and then hospitalized.
    Sean Emery, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • There are certainly no major factors like physical abuse during our childhood; however, our mother had some psychological problems and showed some anger and paranoia symptoms, which scared us as children and were overt enough that many in our town knew about her.
    R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
  • There are certainly no major factors like physical abuse during our childhood, however, our mother had some psychological problems and showed some anger and paranoia symptoms, which scared us as children and were overt enough that many in our town knew about her.
    R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Her mother-in-law tried to help by offering to take care of the dogs herself, but the woman worried that would be too much to ask.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • For employees worried that AI agents could take their jobs, one of the field’s leading founders says the technology is still far from perfect.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Heat coaches and players aren’t afraid to admit it.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Some in Silicon Valley, even those developing advanced AI, are genuinely afraid of where the technology might lead.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The prospect that Milei’s reforms could stall has spooked international investors, some of whom have responded by selling their holdings in Argentine pesos.
    Rob Wile, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2025
  • You may have been spooked by the early arrival of Halloween merchandise in retail outlets, some of it around the Fourth of July.
    George Petras, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Mladen Mikulin, a young Doors fan and sculptor in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, was among those dismayed by the mess.
    David Kushner, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Stanley, Simmons and Criss were dismayed by his appearance but sufficiently impressed with his fiery lead guitar work, and he was invited to join a few weeks later.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • At the same time, completely terrified and anxious.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
  • In May 2023, a homeowner in Spokane, Washington, was left terrified after two large moose appeared outside their home.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As far as future relationships are concerned, Lopez hinted at keeping those private.
    Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 16 Oct. 2025
  • So, when Lia’s medical waiver fell off seemingly overnight in the fall of 2022, Joy was concerned.
    Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Alarmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alarmed. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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