Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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alarm | Yes | No | Yes | No |
scare | Yes | No | Yes | No |
alarm (noun) | scare (noun) |
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a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event | a sudden attack of fear |
a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time | sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events |
an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger | |
fear resulting from the awareness of danger |
alarm (verb) | scare (verb) |
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warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness | cause fear in |
fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised | cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away |