ALARM
What does "ALARM" mean?
A warning of danger, or the fear it causes.
Meanings
- A sudden feeling of fear or anxiety caused by awareness of danger. He read the email with growing alarm.
- A device that signals danger or rouses someone, often with a sound. The smoke alarm went off while she burned the toast.
- To frighten or fill someone with anxiety. I don't mean to alarm you, but the door was open.
Did you know?
- Your morning alarm is a fossilized war cry: it comes from the Italian 'all'arme!', meaning 'to arms!', once shouted to send soldiers running for their weapons.
Word origin
From Italian 'all'arme!' (to arms!), a call summoning soldiers to weapons; it entered English through Old French as a single word 'alarme'.
Remember it
ALARM: 'A Loud And Rude Morning' - and it literally hides 'arm', the weapons you were once called to grab.
A little poem
Small box on the shelf-
an old war cry, tamed to wake
you for the commute.
haiku
Wordplay
- My alarm and I have an arms race every morning: it goes off, I hit snooze, and neither of us ever truly surrenders.
What it teaches
Alarm is borrowed energy: it can arm you for the danger or paralyze you before it - the bell only decides which if you let it.
Quick facts
What does ALARM mean?
A warning of danger, or the fear it causes.
Is ALARM a valid word?
Yes — ALARM is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is ALARM?
ALARM has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does ALARM come from?
From Italian 'all'arme!' (to arms!), a call summoning soldiers to weapons; it entered English through Old French as a single word 'alarme'.
What can ALARM teach us?
Alarm is borrowed energy: it can arm you for the danger or paralyze you before it - the bell only decides which if you let it.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.