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Definition of alarming : 1. Exciting, or calculated to excite, alarm; causing apprehension of danger; as, an alarming crisis or report. - A* larming* ly, adv.
2. of Alarm

Synonyms:

dread, scarey, spine-chilling, fearful, terrific, noble, spooky, baleful, formidable, grim, stupefying, dreaded, august, shuddery, horrific, bloodcurdling, minacious, solemn, portentous, gruesome, atrocious, nightmarish, majestic, macabre, scary, horrendous, direful, sinister, stately, menacing, redoubtable, forbidding, imposing, fearsome, hair-raising, shivery, chilling, hairy, minatory, eerie, creepy, awesome, creepy-crawly, grand, ominous, grisly, ugly

shocking, startling, surprising, signaling, dismaying

frightening, disquieting, panicking, intimidating, distressing, dangerous, rattling, horrifying, scaring, setting on edge, terrifying, unnerving, disturbing, haunting, harrowing, agitating, petrifying

alerting, threatening, warning, cautioning, advising

frightful, terrible, appalling, ghastly, hideous, dire, unpleasant, dreadful, repulsive, horrible, horrid, awful

Usage examples:

• More alarming than she is now? - "What Maisie Knew", Henry James.
• But the moment we left the drawing- room the thing was clear, though not the less marvellous and alarming. - "The Seaboard Parish, Complete", George MacDonald.
• She called up Miss Carstairs in the first excitement of- of your accident, it seems, and I'm afraid she gave a very exaggerated and alarming account, you know. - "Captivating Mary Carstairs", Henry Sydnor Harrison.