alarm bell



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alarm bell

A sudden warning or intimation of danger, risk, or ill fortune. (Often pluralized.) Alarm bells were going off in my head when I saw the panicked expression on her face.
See also: alarm, bell

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Assunta-Italian
Tekla-Georgian, Hungarian
Lugh-Irish Mythology
Lavrenti-Russian
MiodragMEE-o-drahgSerbian, Croatian
MikeMIEKEnglish