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| Main Entry: | alarm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset |
| Synonyms: | amaze, astonish, chill, daunt, dismay, distress, frighten, panic, scare, spook, startle, surprise, terrify, unnerve, give a turn, make jump, scare silly, scare stiff, scare to death |
| Antonyms: | assure, calm, gladden, reassure, repose, soothe |
| Main Entry: | alarm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | feeling of sudden fear |
| Synonyms: | anxiety, apprehension, cold feet*, consternation, dismay, distress, dread, fright, horror, nervousness, panic, scare, strain, stress, tension, terror, trepidation, uneasiness, unease |
| Antonyms: | assurance, calmness, composure, confidence, peace, repose, security, quietness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | alarm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | warning, signaling device |
| Synonyms: | alert, bell, blast, buzzer, call, caution, clock, cry, drum, flap*, flash*, gong, high sign*, nod*, scramble*, scream, shout, sign, signal, siren, squeal, tip, tocsin, trumpet, warning, whistle, wink*, yell, Mayday, SOS, forewarning, horn, tip off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Synonyms: |
-nouns
alarm; alarum, larum, alarm bell, tocsin, alerts, beat of drum, sound of trumpet, note of alarm, hue and cry, fire cross, signal of distress; blue lights; war-cry, war-whoop; warning [more]; fogsignal, foghorn; yellow flag; danger signal; red light, red flag; fire bell; police whistle., false alarm, cry of wolf; bug-bear, bugaboo.
-verbs
give the alarm, raise the alarm, sound the alarm, turn in the alarm, beat the alarm, give an alarm, raise an alarm, sound an alarm, turn in an alarm, beat an alarm; alarm; warn [more]; ring the tocsin; battre la generale; cry wolf.
-adjectives
alarming
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| Main Entry: | alert |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | warning |
| Synonyms: | admonition, alarm, flap*, high sign*, sign, signal, siren, wink*, Mayday, SOS, tip off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | alert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | warn |
| Synonyms: | alarm, flag, forewarn, inform, notify, signal, tip, give the high sign, put on guard, tip off, wave flag |
| Main Entry: | amaze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surprise |
| Synonyms: | affect, alarm, astonish, astound, bewilder, blow away, blow one's mind, bowl over*, daze, dumbfound, electrify, flabbergast*, impress, move, perplex, put one away, shock, stagger, startle, strike, stun, stupefy, touch* |
| Notes: | amaze once meant 'alarm, terrify' but now means 'astonish'; surprise means 'meet with suddenly or without warning' |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | appall/appal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | horrify |
| Synonyms: | alarm, amaze, astound, awe, daunt, disconcert, dishearten, dismay, faze, frighten, insult, intimidate, outrage, petrify, scare, shake, shock, terrify, throw, unnerve, consternate, get to*, gross out |
| Antonyms: | comfort, encourage, reassure, satisfy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | awe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | amaze |
| Synonyms: | alarm, appall, astonish, cow*, daunt, dazzle, flabbergast, frighten, grandstand, horrify, impress, intimidate, scare, startle, strike, stun, stupefy, terrify, blow away, hotdog, knock socks off, overawe, showboat |
| Antonyms: | expect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | beacon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | light used as signal, guide |
| Synonyms: | alarm, alert, beam, bonfire, flare, lamp, lantern, radar, rocket, sign, watchtower, balefire, guidepost, heliograph, lighthouse, lodestar, pharos, signal fire, smoke signal, warning signal |
| Main Entry: | bell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | signaling object or sound |
| Synonyms: | alarm, buzz, buzzer, carillon, chime, curfew, gong, peal, siren, tocsin, toll, clapper, ding-dong, dinger, ringer, tintinnabulum, vesper |
| Main Entry: | caveat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | warning |
| Synonyms: | admonition, alarm, caution, monition, sign, commonition, forewarning |
| Main Entry: | clock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | timekeeping device |
| Synonyms: | alarm, chronometer, timepiece, watch, Big Ben, chroniker, chronograph, digital watch, hourglass, metronome, pendulum, stopwatch, sundial, tattler, tick-tock, ticker, timekeeper, timemarker, timer, turnip* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | consternation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dismay, distress |
| Synonyms: | alarm, amazement, anxiety, awe, bewilderment, confusion, distraction, dread, fear, fright, horror, muddle, panic, shock, stupefaction, terror, trepidation, wonder, muddlement, perplexity, trepidity |
| Antonyms: | calm, composure, happiness, tranquility, peacefulness |
| Main Entry: | dismay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disappointed feeling; distress |
| Synonyms: | agitation, alarm, anxiety, apprehension, blue funk, blues*, bummer*, chagrin, cold feet*, consternation, discouragement, downer*, dread, dumps*, fear, fright, funk*, hassle, horror, letdown, panic, terror, trepidation, upset, disheartenment, disillusionment, the blahs |
| Antonyms: | assurance, confidence, encouragement, happiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dismay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disappoint, fill with consternation |
| Synonyms: | abash, affright, agitate, alarm, appall, bewilder, bother, chill, confound, daunt, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, discourage, dishearten, disillusion, disquiet, distress, disturb, dumbfound, embarrass, faze, flummox*, fluster, foul up*, frighten, horrify, mess up*, mystify, nonplus, paralyze, perplex, put off, puzzle, rattle, scare, screw up*, shake, snafu*, terrify, terrorize, throw, unhinge*, unnerve, upset, dispirit, get to, louse up, muck up*, take aback, throw into a tizzy |
| Antonyms: | assure, encourage, make happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disquiet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | worry; mental upset |
| Synonyms: | ailment, alarm, angst, anxiety, care, concern, disquietude, distress, disturbance, fear, ferment, foreboding, nervousness, restlessness, solicitude, storm, trouble, turmoil, uneasiness, unrest, concernment, fretfulness, inquietude, restiveness |
| Antonyms: | calm, ease, peace, collectedness |
| Main Entry: | distress signal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | internationally recognized signal requesting help |
| Synonyms: | alarm, burglar alarm, fire alarm, flare, Mayday, SOS, call for help, danger signal, mayday, notice to mariners, signal of distress, warning signal |
| Main Entry: | dread |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fear |
| Synonyms: | affright, alarm, apprehension, aversion, awe, cold feet*, consternation, dismay, fright, funk*, goose bumps*, horror, jitters, panic, phobia, stage fright, terror, trepidation, creeps, trepidity, worriment |
| Antonyms: | bravery, confidence, courage, encouragement, want, welcoming |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | foghorn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | warning signal |
| Synonyms: | alarm, signal, siren, danger signal |
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Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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