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  • past participle of alarm.
  • past tense form of alarm.

alarmed

ADJECTIVE
frightened
Synonyms


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The paper says it comes after ministers "became alarmed at forecasts that show bills rising by hundreds of pounds in January"

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Min said he and his sister were alarmed at the suggestion, but not for their own well-being.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

For now, China generally seems less alarmed by the types of risks U.S. frontier labs are warning about, Winter-Levy said, but that is partly due to Chinese companies running behind.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

In the world of AI, those who are most alarmed by the risks have come to be known as “doomers.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

A couple of kids standing nearby screamed in terror, and their parents looked alarmed for about one second—all the time it took to assess the situation.

From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling




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