alarmed
adjective (PERSON) /əˈlɑːmd/
/-lɑːrmd/ Definition
› [after verb] worried or frightened by something: I was a bit alarmed at/by how much weight she'd lost. [+ to infinitive] I was alarmed to hear that she was coming. [+ that] I'm rather alarmed that we haven't heard anything.Anxious and worried
(Definition of alarmed adjective (PERSON) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (all) hot and bothered idiom
- a bundle of nerves idiom
- aflutter adjective
- anxious adjective (WORRIED)
- apprehensive adjective
- fret verb
- fretful adjective
- frightened adjective
- fuss verb (GIVE ATTENTION TO)
- get in a sweat idiom
- nervy adjective
- never fear idiom
- oppressed adjective (FEELINGS)
- overwrought adjective
- perturbed adjective
- twitchy adjective
- uncomfortable adjective
- uneasy adjective
- unquiet adjective
- unsettled adjective (WORRIED)
Topic:
Anxious and worried
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