Alarmed vs Amazed - What's the difference?
alarmed | amazed |
(alarm)
Having an alarm fitted.
Worried; anxious; panicky.
Astonished; confounded with fear, surprise, or wonder; greatly surprised.
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*:And it was while all were passionately intent upon the pleasing and snake-like progress of their uncle that a young girl in furs, ascending the stairs two at a time, peeped perfunctorily into the nursery as she passed the hallway—and halted amazed .
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=8 (amaze)
As verbs the difference between alarmed and amazed
is that alarmed is (alarm) while amazed is (amaze).As adjectives the difference between alarmed and amazed
is that alarmed is having an alarm fitted while amazed is astonished; confounded with fear, surprise, or wonder; greatly surprised.alarmed
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)- This door is alarmed .
- I'm extremely alarmed about the army outside my house.
amazed
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.}}