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alarming

/əˈlɑɹm.ɪŋ/adjective3 syllables

Alarming means: frightening because of an awareness of danger.

Synonyms for alarming32

adjective, as in frightening because of an awareness of danger

appalling, dismaying, atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly, awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful
and 10 more, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible, baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory

also used for alarming

concerning, distressful, distressing, troubling, worrisome, worrying, nagging, unsettling

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Opposites of alarming

unalarming

What does alarming mean?1

adjective

1

frightening because of an awareness of danger

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with alarming?4

two syllables

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Alarming in a sentence

  • This article is an alarming combination of gossip, superstition and nonsense.fekundulo
  • The latest news on the news is definitely alarming.Nuel
  • The doctor gave Boldi a very alarming diagnosis.Amastan
  • Maybe it was an alarming situation, but in the end it was a realistic thing to say.robbieheslop
  • Malnutrition is soaring to alarming levels, putting the lives of many children under age five at risk.Hybrid
  • Alarming news came from the suburbs.dax00
  • The Gobi Desert is expanding at an alarming rate.Hybrid
  • The news is alarming enough these days.kolver_emre06

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