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alarmable

alarmable adjective: easily alarmed; excitable.

Adjective

alarmable (comparative more alarmable, superlative most alarmable)

  1. Easily alarmed; excitable.
    • Everyone was alarmed, including Sir Harry McGowan, not usually the most alarmable of men.1979, N. K. Buxton, Derek Howard Aldcroft, British industry between the wars, page 167
  2. (rare) Of a building, etc.: capable of being fitted with an alarm system.

Forms of alarmable

comparativemore alarmable
superlativemost alarmable

Origin of alarmable

From alarm + -able.

Questions about alarmable

What does alarmable mean?
Alarmable means easily alarmed; excitable.
What part of speech is alarmable?
Alarmable is an adjective.

Words near alarmable in the dictionary

  1. alarm systems
  2. alarm-bell
  3. alarm-bells
  4. alarm-clock headache
  5. alarm-clock headaches
  6. alarmable
  7. alarmclock
  8. alarmed
  9. alarmedly
  10. alarmer
  11. alarmers

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