alarming

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈlɑːm.ɪŋ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈlɑɹm.ɪŋ/

Verb

alarming

1. present participle and gerund of alarm

Adjective

alarming (comparative more alarming, superlative most alarming)

1. Causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening.
   • 2024 March 20, Richard Foster, “Vital experience in an open-air classroom”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 60:

     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.

Synonyms

• concerning, distressful, distressing, troubling, worrisome, worrying

Derived terms

• alarmingly
• alarmingness
• nonalarming
• unalarming

 

Translations

causing alarm

• Catalan: alarmant (ca)
• Danish: alarmerende
• Esperanto: alarma (eo)
• Finnish: hälyttävä (fi)
• French: alarmant (fr)
• Georgian: შემაშფოთებელი (šemašpotebeli), ამაღელვებელი (amaɣelvebeli), საგანგაშო (sagangašo)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: alarmerende

• Polish: alarmujący
• Portuguese: alarmante (pt)
• Spanish: alarmante (es)

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