Definition of 'alarmed'
adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE]
If someone is alarmed, they feel afraid or anxious that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
They should not be too alarmed by the press reports. [+ by/at]
The Americans are alarmed at this prospect.
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We are the diverse Americans who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us. Times, Sunday Times (2016)His eyes were as alarmed and vulnerable as peeled prawns. ARE YOU TALKING TO ME?: A Life Through the Movies (2004)Mum sounded very alarmed and distressed and told me to lock the doors. The Sun (2012)The gaggle of tourists looked alarmed. PHYLLOXERA: How Wine was Saved for the World (2004)There is no requirement to prove that anyone has been harassed, alarmed or distressed; the police and the courts decide that. Times, Sunday Times (2012)
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British English: alarmed ADJECTIVE
If someone is alarmed, they feel afraid or anxious that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
They should not be too alarmed by the press reports.
- American English: alarmed
- Brazilian Portuguese: alarmado
- Chinese: 恐慌的
- European Spanish: alarmado
- French: alarmé
- German: beunruhigt
- Italian: allarmato
- Japanese: 警戒して
- Korean: 놀란
- European Portuguese: alarmado
- Spanish: alarmado
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