3. To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
Alarmed by rumors of military preparation.
Macaulay.
A*larm"a*ble (&?;), a. Easily alarmed or disturbed.
A*larmed" (&?;), a. Aroused to vigilance; excited by fear of approaching danger; agitated; disturbed; as, an alarmed neighborhood; an alarmed modesty.
The white pavilions rose and fell
On the alarmed air.
Longfellow.
A*larm"ed*ly (&?;), adv. In an alarmed manner.
A*larm"ing, a. Exciting, or calculated to excite, alarm; causing apprehension of danger; as, an alarming crisis or report. -- A*larm"ing*ly, adv.
A*larm"ist, n. [Cf. F. alarmiste.] One prone to sound or excite alarms, especially, needless alarms. Macaulay.
A*lar"um (?; 277), n. [OE. alarom, the same word as alarm, n.] See Alarm. [Now Poetic]
The variant form alarum is now commonly restricted to an alarm signal or the mechanism to sound an alarm (as in an alarm clock.)
Al"a*ry (&?;), a. [L. alarius, fr. ala wing.] Of or pertaining to wings; also, wing- shaped.
The alary system of insects.
Wollaston.
A*las" (&?;), interj. [OE. alas, allas, OF. alas, F. hélas; a interj. (L. ah.) + las wretched (that I am), L. lassus weary, akin to E. late. See Late.] An exclamation expressive of sorrow, pity, or apprehension of evil; -- in old writers, sometimes followed by day or white; alas the day, like alack a day, or alas the white.