alarming en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /əˈlɑɹm.ɪŋ/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /əˈlɑːm.ɪŋ/ (UK)
Meanings
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Causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening.
Another stop at the 731-yard Sharpthorne Tunnel allowed the apprentices to see how a combination of water and a "chemical soup" is destroying the rails at an alarming rate.
2024 March 20, Richard Foster, “Vital experience in an open-air classroom”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 60:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more alarming | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most alarming | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Coordinates
lamentable · frightening · agonizing
Deriveds
nonalarming · unalarming · alarmingly · alarmingness
Hypernyms
Relateds
distress · hopelessness · agonize
Synonyms
worrying · nagging · alarming · distressing · worrisome · concerning · unsettling · distressful · troubling
Translations (13)
fi hälyttävä (causing alarm) · ka შემაშფოთებელი (causing alarm) · eo alarma (causing alarm) · nb alarmerende (causing alarm) · de alarmierend (causing alarm) · ca alarmant (causing alarm) · da alarmerende (causing alarm) · es alarmante (causing alarm) · ka საგანგაშო (causing alarm) · ka ამაღელვებელი (causing alarm) · fr alarmant (causing alarm) · pl alarmujący (causing alarm) · pt alarmante (causing alarm)