alarmed Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
    horrify; dismay; alarm; appall; appal.
    • I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview
    • The news of the executions horrified us
  2. verb warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
    alarm; alert.
    • The empty house alarmed him
    • We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries
  3. adjective satellite experiencing a sudden sense of danger

WordNet

A*larmed" adjective
Definitions
  1. Aroused to vigilance; excited by fear of approaching danger; agitated; disturbed; as, an alarmed neighborhood; an alarmed modesty.
    The white pavilions rose and fell On the alarmed air. Longfellow.

Webster 1913