(v)dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrifyfill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised“I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview”, “The news of the executions horrified us”
(v)alarm, alertwarn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness“The empty house alarmed him”, “We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries”