alarming
verbadjectiveattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//əˈlɑːm.ɪŋ//
- United States//əˈlɑɹm.ɪŋ//
Causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening.
verb
- 1
Also a form of alarmpresent participle and gerund of alarm
adjective
- 1
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.
Forms
- comparative
- more alarming
- superlative
- most alarming
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alarming · Causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening.
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