Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of alarm
comparative more alarming · superlative most alarming
- 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 60Synonyms: concerning, distressful, distressing, troubling, worrisome, worrying, nagging, unsettling
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCausing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivefrightening because of an awareness of danger
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan alarmant
- alarmantcausing alarm
Danish alarmerende
- alarmerendecausing alarm
Esperanto alarma
- alarmacausing alarm
Finnish hälyttävä
- hälyttäväcausing alarm
French alarmant
- alarmantcausing alarm
German alarmierend
- alarmierendcausing alarm
Norwegian Bokmål alarmerende
- alarmerendecausing alarm
Polish alarmujący
- alarmującycausing alarm
Portuguese alarmante
- alarmantecausing alarm
Spanish alarmante
- alarmantecausing alarm
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Cite this entry
alarming. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alarming
“alarming.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alarming. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alarming,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alarming.
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