Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to alarm
Participle: alarmed
Gerund: alarming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | alarm |
| you | alarm |
| he;she;it | alarms |
| we | alarm |
| you | alarm |
| they | alarm |
Perfect
| I | have alarmed |
| you | have alarmed |
| he;she;it | has alarmed |
| we | have alarmed |
| you | have alarmed |
| they | have alarmed |
Past
| I | alarmed |
| you | alarmed |
| he;she;it | alarmed |
| we | alarmed |
| you | alarmed |
| they | alarmed |
Pluperfect
| I | had alarmed |
| you | had alarmed |
| he;she;it | had alarmed |
| we | had alarmed |
| you | had alarmed |
| they | had alarmed |
Future
| I | will alarm |
| you | will alarm |
| he;she;it | will alarm |
| we | will alarm |
| you | will alarm |
| they | will alarm |
Future Perfect
| I | will have alarmed |
| you | will have alarmed |
| he;she;it | will have alarmed |
| we | will have alarmed |
| you | will have alarmed |
| they | will have alarmed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | alarm |
| you | alarm |
| he;she;it | alarm |
| we | alarm |
| you | alarm |
| they | alarm |
Perfect
| I | have alarmed |
| you | have alarmed |
| he;she;it | have alarmed |
| we | have alarmed |
| you | have alarmed |
| they | have alarmed |
Imperfect
| I | alarmed |
| you | alarmed |
| he;she;it | alarmed |
| we | alarmed |
| you | alarmed |
| they | alarmed |
Pluperfect
| I | had alarmed |
| you | had alarmed |
| he;she;it | had alarmed |
| we | had alarmed |
| you | had alarmed |
| they | had alarmed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would alarm |
| you | would alarm |
| he;she;it | would alarm |
| we | would alarm |
| you | would alarm |
| they | would alarm |
Perfect
| I | would have alarmed |
| you | would have alarmed |
| he;she;it | would have alarmed |
| we | would have alarmed |
| you | would have alarmed |
| they | would have alarmed |
Imperative
| you | alarm |
| we | Let's alarm |
| you | alarm |
Verbs conjugated like 'alarm'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'alarm'
alarum,
ajar,
alert,
altre,
alum,
arm,
award,
awarn,
barm,
blare,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to fill with fear
- affright, fray, harrow, horrify, make someone's blood run cold, scare, scare straight, scare the bejeebers out of, scare the pants off of, terrify, terrorize, frighten
- frighten
- dismay, appall, panic, scare, shock, startle, terrify, daunt
Antonyms
- frighten
- embolden, encourage, hearten, comfort
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1325, from O.Fr. alarme, from It. all'arme "to arms!" (lit. "to the arms"). An interj. that came to be used as the name of the call or warning. Extended 16c. to "any sound to warn of danger or to arouse." Weakened sense of "apprehension, unease" is from 1833. Variant alarum is due to the rolling -r- in the vocalized form. The verb is 1590, from the noun. Alarmist "one addicted to sounding alarms" is from 1793.
2. From Middle English alarme, alarom, borrowed from Middle French alarme, itself from Old Italian all'arme! (“to arms!, to the weapons!”), ultimately from Latin arma (“arms, weapons”).
Sample Sentences
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[...] in, stopping immediately I touched the mattress, and remaining for the night with that side uppermost, whatever it might be. Luckily, I came upon my back at exactly the right moment. I was much alarmed on looking upward, to see, by the shape of his half-yard of sacking (which his weight had bent into an exceedingly tight bag ), that there was a very heavy gentleman above me, whom the slender cords [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] could not help reflecting upon the grief of my wife and family in the event of his coming down in the night. But as I could not have got up again without a severe bodily struggle, which might have alarmed the ladies; and as I had nowhere to go to, even if I had; I shut my eyes upon the danger, and remained there.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ No, papa, ” said the child; but her short, hard breathing alarmed her father.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ I dare say _you_ do n't, ” said Marie; “ I was prepared to expect _that_. You can be alarmed enough, if Eva coughs, or has the least thing the matter with her; but you never think of me. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Papa, you break my heart ! ” said Eva, rising and throwing herself into his arms; “ you must not feel so ! ” and the child sobbed and wept with a violence which alarmed them all, and turned her father's thoughts at once to another channel.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)