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alarming Definition

alarm·ing (-iŋ)

adjective

that alarms, or makes suddenly afraid or anxious; frightening

alarming Related Forms
alarm·ingly adverb
alarming Synonyms

alarming

modif.

alarming Usage Examples

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • find: At any rate, I find the speculation more alarming than exciting.

Infinitive complement

  • see: It is also alarming to see banned chemicals finding their way into food sold in the UK.
  • note: It is alarming to note that for every 1000 people there are only 421 homes available in Europe.
  • find: At first it was a bit alarming to find frogs appearing when I was tidying a border or cutting the grass.

Modifies a noun

  • regularity: My computer is slowing down and crashing with alarming regularity.
  • rapidity: Most of the disciples disappear from the pages of Acts with alarming rapidity.
  • slump: However, this year's GCSE and A-level results showed an alarming slump in the number of students learning languages.
  • rate: In addition, the tide floods at an alarming rate over the mud, often leaving nowhere to go for safety.
  • statistic: Article they note appeal can be made alarming statistics of.
  • tendency: The dissolution of his marriage in 1973 coincided with a further decline and an alarming tendency to put on weight.

Modifying Another Word

  • somewhat: A glance at the picture gives you an idea of the somewhat alarming nature of the trek.
  • rather: Replica of the brass of Adam Bacon, set in the rather alarming chancel carpet.
  • equally: Rates among children have risen at an equally alarming rate.
  • quite: The speed at which progress in this field is being made is quite alarming.
  • potentially: There is news of another potentially alarming book for the government.
  • truly: I'm not sure we can take this at face value but nevertheless, this is truly alarming news.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: For those who are not yet believers, this part of the Bible may seem alarming.
  • look: A glance at the most common or important side effects may look rather alarming.
  • become: Now the noise from the little ones was becoming alarming.
  • find: Here let us dispose of a difficulty, which is not serious, but which some people find rather alarming.
alarming Quotes

Est-ce qu'au fond, ce qui fait peur, dans la doctrine que je vais essayer de vous exposer, ce n'est pas le fait qu'elle laisse une possibilite¤   de choix a'   l'homme? For at bottom, what is alarming in the doctrine that I am about to try to explain to you isöis it not?öthat it confronts man with a possibility of choice.

—Sartre,Jean-Paul

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