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Definition of Alarmed
1. Adjective. Experiencing a sudden sense of danger.
Definition of Alarmed
1. a. Aroused to vigilance; excited by fear of approaching danger; agitated; disturbed; as, an alarmed neighborhood; an alarmed modesty.
Definition of Alarmed
1. Verb. (past of alarm) ¹
2. Adjective. Having an alarm fitted. ¹
3. Adjective. Worried; anxious; panicky. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Alarmed
1. alarm [v] - See also: alarm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alarmed
Literary usage of Alarmed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Walden by Henry David Thoreau (1893)
"them, or who own their thirds in mills, may be alarmed. My furniture, part of
which I made myself, and the rest cost me nothing of which I have not rendered ..."
2. Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott (1895)
""What reasons has Prince John for being easily alarmed ? What has Rebecca's beauty
to do with the events of this chapter ? CHAPTER VIII. ..."
3. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1858)
"... specially alarm Virginia—Judge Marshall's Statements—Washington to Steuben—Why
Virginia was not alarmed—Washington foresaw this—Arnold enters Chesapeake ..."
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