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alarming en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /əˈlɑɹm.ɪŋ/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /əˈlɑːm.ɪŋ/ (UK)

Meanings

  1. 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

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more alarming Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most alarming Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

comforting

Coordinates

lamentable · frightening · agonizing

Deriveds

nonalarming · unalarming · alarmingly · alarmingness

Hypernyms

unpleasant · moving

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)

alarming en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /əˈlɑɹm.ɪŋ/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /əˈlɑːm.ɪŋ/ (UK)

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of alarm
    form of alarm