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What is the adjective for alarm?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs alarm and alarum which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

alarmable
  1. Easily alarmed; excitable.
  2. (rare) Of a building, etc.: capable of being fitted with an alarm system.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. excitable, skittish, jittery, jumpy, nervous, fluttery, skittery, flighty, hyper, spasmodic, passionate, hyperexcitable, hyperactive, spooky, hyperkinetic, vehement, volatile, temperamental, demonstrative, emotional, fierce, restless, impetuous, rash, tempestuous, wired, edgy, impulsive, agitable, fidgety, overzealous, mercurial, enthusiastic, volcanic, adrenalized, inflammable, high-strung, fiddle-footed, highly strung, excited, lively, zippy, flappable, giddy, spirited, dizzy, combustible, lightheaded, animated, peppy … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Everyone was alarmed, including Sir Harry McGowan, not usually the most alarmable of men.”
alarmed
  1. Having an alarm fitted.
  2. Worried; anxious; panicky.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. frightened, terrified, scared, afraid, fearful, anxious, horrified, nervous, worried, shocked, troubled, uneasy, disturbed, spooked, upset, aghast, hysterical, apprehensive, unnerved, distressed, terrorised, terrorized, dismayed, affrighted, startled, hysteric, daunted, scary, aroused, panicked, horror-struck, in a panic, petrified, agitated, panicky, perturbed, jumpy, scared stiff, jittery, antsy, unsettled, edgy, intimidated, shaken, disquieted, bothered, tense, scared to death, panic-stricken, disconcerted … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “The airy feathers on her wings bristled suddenly, and she turned an alarmed glance to the ceiling.”
alarming
  1. causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening
  2. Synonyms:
      3. frightening, scary, scaring, terrifying, petrifying, chilling, horrifying, appalling, daunting, formidable, fearsome, unnerving, dire, direful, dread, dreadful, fearful, forbidding, frightful, ghastly, harrowing, horrendous, horrible, intimidating, redoubtable, shocking, terrible, bloodcurdling, menacing, perturbing, startling, worrying, disconcerting, disquieting, distressing, disturbing, upsetting, dangerous, dismaying, monstrous, hair-raising, spine-chilling, causing fear, awful, horrid, horrific, grim, hideous, gruesome, nightmarish … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “He warned of the alarming rise in the rate of accidents over the last several years.”
alarmless
  1. Without a sense of alarm; unalarmed.
alarmistic
  1. Synonym of alarmist
alarumed
  1. (archaic, rare) simple past tense and past participle of alarum
  2. Synonyms:
      3. dismayed, upset, disturbed, perturbed, distressed, worried, bothered, alarmed, agitated, unsettled, discomposed, disquieted, disconcerted, unnerved, troubled, disheartened, daunted, discouraged, concerned, dispirited, rattled, depressed, discomforted, flustered, flurried, distracted, ailed, fazed, fussed, unhinged, distempered, frightened, demoralised, demoralized, scared, shook, shaken, saddened, vexed, vext, frazzled, shocked, confounded, startled, discomfited, perplexed, threw, thrown, undid, undone … more
alaruming
  1. (archaic, rare) present participle of alarum
  2. Synonyms:
      3. dismaying, upsetting, disturbing, perturbing, distressing, worrying, bothering, alarming, agitating, unsettling, discomposing, disquieting, disconcerting, unnerving, troubling, disheartening, daunting, discouraging, concerning, dispiriting, rattling, depressing, discomforting, flustering, flurrying, distracting, ailing, fazing, fussing, unhinging, distempering, frightening, demoralising, demoralizing, scaring, shaking, saddening, vexing, frazzling, shocking, confounding, startling, discomfiting, perplexing, throwing, undoing, bewildering, exercising, horrifying, hagriding … more
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