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Alarmed vs Horrified - What's the difference?

alarmed | horrified | Related terms |

Alarmed is a related term of horrified.


As verbs the difference between alarmed and horrified

is that alarmed is (alarm) while horrified is (horrify).

As adjectives the difference between alarmed and horrified

is that alarmed is having an alarm fitted while horrified is struck with horror.

alarmed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (alarm)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Having an alarm fitted.
    • This door is alarmed .
  • Worried; anxious; panicky.
    • I'm extremely alarmed about the army outside my house.

    horrified

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Struck with horror.
  • * 2003 , John E. Ferling, A Leap in the Dark: The Struggle to Create the American Republic , page 358
    • No one was more horrified than Chauncey Goodrich, scion of an old, elite family in Hartford

    Verb

    (head)
  • (horrify)