Alarming
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- A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
- Arming to answer in a night alarm. --Shak.
- Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.
- Sound an alarm in my holy mountain. --Joel ii. 1.
- Thy palace fill with insults and alarms. --Pope.
- Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
- Alarm and resentment spread throughout the camp. --Macaulay.
- A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep, or rousing their attention; an alarum.
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