alarmableadj.
/əˈlɑːməbl/, U.S. /əˈlɑrməb(ə)l/ Easily frightened, disturbed, or startled.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > [adjective] > nervous or easily agitated
agitable1603
wincing1603
nervous1740
nervo-sanguineous1807
alarmable1813
intense1817
tense1821
finely-strung1841
flutterable1891
nerve-ridden1892
shockable1893
the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [adjective] > frightened by an alarm > apt to get into a state of alarm
alarmable1813
windy1916
1813 W. Taylor Monthly Mag. XXXV. 139 A more delicate and alarmable sensibility.
1841 Chambers's Jrnl. 4 Sept. 260 A suspicious and very alarmable individual.
1965 D. Crow Man of Push & Go xii. 138 But he was rather alarming if you were alarmable.
2003 J. M. Smith Potent Spell i. i. 19 Only time and research will tell us whether a particular hormonal recipe has made mothers significantly more easily alarmable..than fathers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1813