alarming

Adjective
US[uh-lahr-ming]/əˈlɑrmɪŋ/3 syllables

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Adjective (1)

  1. frightening because of an awareness of dangerOpposite unalarmingSimilar awful, baleful, ghastly, atrocious, formidable, appalling, terrific, chilling +6 moreRelates to alarm, dismay
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

A·larm′ing adjective

Exciting, or calculated to excite, alarm; causing apprehension of danger; as, an alarming crisis or report. — A*larm"ing*ly, adv.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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