Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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alarm | Yes | No | Yes | No |
dismay | Yes | No | Yes | No |
alarm (noun) | dismay (noun) |
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a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event | fear resulting from the awareness of danger |
a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time | the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles |
an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger | |
fear resulting from the awareness of danger |
alarm (verb) | dismay (verb) |
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warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness | fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised |
fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised | lower someone's spirits; make downhearted |