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Definition of Alarming
1. Adjective. Frightening because of an awareness of danger.
Attributes: Alarm, Consternation, Dismay
Similar to: Appalling, Dismaying, Atrocious, Frightful, Horrible, Horrifying, Ugly, Awful, Dire, Direful, Dread, Dreaded, Dreadful, Fearful, Fearsome, Frightening, Horrendous, Horrific, Terrible, Baleful, Forbidding, Menacing, Minacious, Minatory, Ominous, Sinister, Threatening, Bloodcurdling, Hair-raising, Nightmarish, Chilling, Scarey, Scary, Shivery, Shuddery, Creepy, Creepy-crawly, Formidable, Redoubtable, Unnerving, Ghastly, Grim, Grisly, Gruesome, Macabre, Sick, Hairy, Petrifying, Stupefying, Terrific, Terrifying
Antonyms: Unalarming
Similar to: Appalling, Dismaying, Atrocious, Frightful, Horrible, Horrifying, Ugly, Awful, Dire, Direful, Dread, Dreaded, Dreadful, Fearful, Fearsome, Frightening, Horrendous, Horrific, Terrible, Baleful, Forbidding, Menacing, Minacious, Minatory, Ominous, Sinister, Threatening, Bloodcurdling, Hair-raising, Nightmarish, Chilling, Scarey, Scary, Shivery, Shuddery, Creepy, Creepy-crawly, Formidable, Redoubtable, Unnerving, Ghastly, Grim, Grisly, Gruesome, Macabre, Sick, Hairy, Petrifying, Stupefying, Terrific, Terrifying
Antonyms: Unalarming
Definition of Alarming
1. a. Exciting, or calculated to excite, alarm; causing apprehension of danger; as, an alarming crisis or report. -- A*larm"ing*ly, adv.
Definition of Alarming
1. alarm [v] - See also: alarm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alarming
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