n. 25B6; noun
the girl spun round in alarm : FEAR, anxiety, apprehension, trepidation, nervousness, unease, distress, agitation, consternation, disquiet, perturbation, fright, panic.
a smoke alarm : SIREN, warning sound, danger/distress signal; warning device, alarm bell; archaic tocsin.
calmness, composure.
25B6; verb the news had alarmed her : FRIGHTEN, scare, panic, unnerve, distress, agitate, upset, disconcert, shock, dismay, disturb; informal rattle, spook, scare the living daylights out of; Brit. informal put the wind up.