 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
alarming
adjective: causing alarm or fear [ant: {unalarming}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Alarming \A*larm"ing\, adjective
Exciting, or calculated to excite, alarm; causing
apprehension of danger; as, an alarming crisis or report. --
A*larm"ing*ly, adverb
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Alarm \A*larm"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Alarmed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Alarming}.] [Alarm, noun Cf. F. alarmer.]
1. To call to arms for defense; to give notice to (any one)
of approaching danger; to rouse to vigilance and action;
to put on the alert.
2. To keep in excitement; to disturb.
3. To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with
anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with
sudden fear.
Alarmed by rumors of military preparation.
--Macaulay.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "alarming":
awing, bad, chilling, critical, dangerous, dangersome, daunting,
deterrent, deterring, disconcerting, discouraging, disheartening,
dismaying, disquieting, explosive, fear-inspiring, fearful,
fearsome, fraught with danger, frightening, frightful, jeopardous,
menacing, overawing, parlous, periculous, perilous, scaring, scary,
serious, startling, threatening, ugly
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