| alarm | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. alarm, consternation, dismay | fear resulting from the awareness of danger. |
| ~ fear, fearfulness, fright | an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight). |
| n. (artifact) | 2. alarm, alarm system, warning device | a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event. |
| ~ automobile horn, car horn, motor horn, hooter, horn | a device on an automobile for making a warning noise. |
| ~ burglar alarm | a warning device that is tripped off by the occurrence of a burglary. |
| ~ device | an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose.; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" |
| ~ smoke alarm, fire alarm | an alarm that is tripped off by fire or smoke. |
| ~ horn | an alarm device that makes a loud warning sound. |
| ~ siren | an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning. |
| n. (communication) | 3. alarm, alarum, alert, warning signal | an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger. |
| ~ torpedo | a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it; the sound of the explosion warns the engineer of danger ahead. |
| ~ signal, signaling, sign | any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message.; "signals from the boat suddenly stopped" |
| ~ air alert | the warning signal that begins a period of preparation for an enemy air attack. |
| ~ burglar alarm | a loud warning signal produced by a burglar alarm.; "they could hear the burglar alarm a mile away" |
| ~ fire alarm | a shout or bell to warn that fire has broken out. |
| ~ foghorn, fogsignal | a loud low warning signal that can be heard by fogbound ships. |
| ~ horn | a noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning. |
| ~ red flag | a flag that serves as a warning signal.; "we didn't swim at the beach because the red flag was up" |
| ~ siren | a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound. |
| ~ alarm bell, tocsin | the sound of an alarm (usually a bell). |
| n. (artifact) | 4. alarm, alarm clock | a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time. |
| ~ clock | a timepiece that shows the time of day. |
| v. (emotion) | 5. alarm, appal, appall, dismay, horrify | fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised.; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us" |
| ~ affright, fright, frighten, scare | cause fear in.; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her" |
| ~ shock | strike with horror or terror.; "The news of the bombing shocked her" |
| v. (communication) | 6. alarm, alert | warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness.; "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries" |
| ~ warn | notify of danger, potential harm, or risk.; "The director warned him that he might be fired"; "The doctor warned me about the dangers of smoking" |
| ~ wake | make aware of.; "His words woke us to terrible facts of the situation" |
| awe | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. awe | an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.; "he stared over the edge with a feeling of awe" |
| ~ wonder, wonderment, admiration | the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising. |
| n. (feeling) | 2. awe, fear, reverence, veneration | a feeling of profound respect for someone or something.; "the fear of God"; "the Chinese reverence for the dead"; "the French treat food with gentle reverence"; "his respect for the law bordered on veneration" |
| ~ emotion | any strong feeling. |
| v. (emotion) | 3. awe | inspire awe in.; "The famous professor awed the undergraduates" |
| ~ affright, fright, frighten, scare | cause fear in.; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her" |
| ~ cow, overawe | subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats). |
| horror | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. horror | intense and profound fear. |
| ~ fear, fearfulness, fright | an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight). |
| n. (artifact) | 2. horror | something that inspires dislike; something horrible.; "the painting that others found so beautiful was a horror to him" |
| ~ thing | an entity that is not named specifically.; "I couldn't tell what the thing was" |
| n. (feeling) | 3. horror, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion | intense aversion. |
| ~ disgust | strong feelings of dislike. |
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