armed
UK/ɑːmd//ɑɹmd/
armed adjective: equipped, especially with a weapon. Also the simple past and past participle of arm.
Adjective (1)
armed (comparative more armed, superlative most armed)
- Equipped, especially with a weapon.
- nuclear-armed
- Equipped with a gun.
- The violence began when Serbian troops went into Croatia ostensibly to aid armed ethnic Serbians trying to create their own autonomous states there.2015 February 3, Greg Botelho, “U.N. court: Serbs’ actions in Croatia not considered genocide”, in CNN, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2021
- Prepared for use; loaded.
- Furnished with something that serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.
- a distemper eminently armed from heaven1722, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year
- The naked eye then will immediately direct us, by means of the two stars just mentioned, towards the place where, in the finder, the armed eye will perceive the double star in question about ¾ degree from the 44th Lyncis.1821, Sir William Herschel, Catalogue of Double Stars
- Having prickles or thorns.
Adjective (2)
armed (not comparable)
- Having an arm or arms, often of a specified number or type.
- Antonyms:
- armless
- Possessing arms of a specified number or type.
- the four-armed creature
- the strong-armed man
- Antonyms:
- armless
- Having horns, claws, teeth, a beak, etc. in a particular tincture, as contrasted with that of the animal as a whole.
Also used as
armed is also the simple past and past participle of arm.
armed meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu
armed in Hindi
- equipped, especially with a weapon
- मुसल्लह musallah, हथियारबंद hathiyārband, सशस्त्र saśastra
armed in Marathi
- equipped, especially with a weapon
- सशस्त्र saśastra, शस्त्रसज्ज śastrasajja, शस्त्रधारी śastradhārī, हत्यारबंद hatyārbanda
armed in Bengali
- সশস্ত্র
armed in Telugu
- సాయుధ, సాయుధం, సాయుధంగా
More languagesFewer languages
- armed in Kannada
- ಶಸ್ತ್ರಸಜ್ಜಿತ, ಸಶಸ್ತ್ರ, ಶಸ್ತ್ರಸಜ್ಜಿತವಾಗಿ
- armed in Punjabi
- ਹਥਿਆਰਬੰਦ
- armed in Gujarati
- સશસ્ત્ર
- armed in Odia
- ସଶସ୍ତ୍ର
- armed in Nepali
- सशस्त्र, सशस्त्र छ
- armed in Arabic
- مُسَلَّح musallaḥ
- armed in Persian
- مسلح mosallah, زیناوند zinâvand, افزارمند afzârmand
Examples of armed in a sentence
- I was escorted from the building by a body of armed security guards.
- The sight of the armed men stopped him in his tracks.
- The shooting resulted from an altercation between two armed intoxicated men.
Antonyms of armed
Forms of armed
| comparative | more armed |
|---|---|
| superlative | most armed |
Origin of armed
From arm (“to equip with a weapon”) + -ed.
From arm (“the upper limb of the body”) + -ed.
Words formed from armed
- armed and dangerous
- armed bullhead
- armed conflict
- armed forces
- armed merchantman
- armedness
- armed neutrality
- armed police
- armed probe
- armed rebellion
- armed response
- armed revolt
- armed robbery
- armed secession
- armed struggle
- armed to the teeth
- biarmed
- busy as a one-armed paperhanger
- multiarmed
- nonarmed
- nuclear-armed
- triarmed
- unarmed
- cross-armed
- long-armed squid
- multi-armed
- multi-armed bandit
- one-armed
- one-armed bandit
- open-armed
- tri-armed
- two-armed
Phrases with armed
- armed up
- armed force
- armed probes
- armed revolts
- armed the lead
- straight armed
- armed bullheads
- armed conflicts
- armed responses
- armed robberies
- armed struggles
- armed rebellions
2 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with armed
Questions about armed
- What does armed mean?
- Armed means equipped, especially with a weapon.
- What is armed in Hindi?
- Armed in Hindi is मुसल्लह (musallah), हथियारबंद (hathiyārband), सशस्त्र (saśastra). See Armed meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is armed?
- Armed is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce armed?
- Armed is pronounced /ɑɹmd/ (US).
Words near armed in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: armed (page history and authors); armed (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); armed (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); armed (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); armed (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); armed (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); armed (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); armed (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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