Thesaurus / alarm
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Some of the alarm returned, however, when the creature attempted to climb up by his own ladder.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNEThere is cause for alarm when they bring one hundred and ten ships into these seas without any means of resistance on our part.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, 1493-1898, VOLUME XX, 1621-1624VARIOUSHer face wore a look of distress, almost of alarm; she kept her place, but her eyes gave Bernard a mute welcome.
CONFIDENCEHENRY JAMESThe public eye, ever watchful and timid, waits scarcely for the show of danger to take alarm and withdraw its favour.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSSome of the soldiers secured the porter from creating an alarm; and the rest filling the hall, fastened the door.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERAnd he spoke pleasantly to Grandfather Mole, in a soft sort of chatter, because he didn't want to alarm him.
THE TALE OF GRANDFATHER MOLEARTHUR SCOTT BAILEYWater-fowl that had not moved at the first alarm now sprang in myriads from reeds and sedges, and darkened the very air.
HUNTING THE LIONSR.M. BALLANTYNEAfter an hour's insane remonstrance, he gave in to his own alarm, rather than to the persuasion of his partner.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSWith a cry of fear Valerie shrank back against the panelled wall, her little hands to her cheeks, her eyes dilating with alarm.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIAs Alice stares around her, when they stop in such momentary alarm, how strange the scene looks!
CHECKMATEJOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANUWORDS RELATED TO ALARM
- affright
- agitate
- alarm
- appall
- astound
- awe
- browbeat
- bulldoze
- chill
- chill to the bone
- cow
- curdle the blood
- daunt
- demoralize
- deter
- disburb
- discomfort
- disconcert
- discourage
- dishearten
- dismay
- disquiet
- faze
- horrify
- intimidate
- make blood run cold
- make teeth chatter
- panic
- perturb
- petrify
- repel
- scare away
- scare off
- scare to death
- spook
- startle
- stiff
- strike terror into
- terrify
- terrorize
- unhinge
- unnerve
- alarm
- appall
- awe
- badger
- bait
- bludgeon
- bluster
- bowl over
- browbeat
- buffalo
- bulldoze
- bully
- chill
- coerce
- compel
- constrain
- cow
- daunt
- dishearten
- dismay
- dispirit
- disquiet
- dragoon
- enforce
- force
- hound
- lean on
- oblige
- overawe
- push around
- ride
- ruffle
- scare
- showboat
- spook
- strong-arm
- subdue
- terrify
- terrorize
- twist someone's arm
- alarms
- appalls
- awes
- badgers
- baits
- bludgeons
- blusters
- bowls over
- browbeats
- buffalos
- bulldozes
- bullies
- chills
- coerces
- compels
- constrains
- cows
- daunts
- disheartens
- dismays
- dispirits
- disquiets
- dragoons
- enforces
- forces
- hounds
- lean on
- obliges
- overawes
- pushes around
- rides
- ruffles
- scares
- showboats
- spooks
- strong-arms
- subdues
- terrifies
- terrorizes
- twists someone's arm
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