"alarming" meaning in English

See alarming in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ə.ˈlɑːm.ɪŋ/ [UK], /ə.ˈlɑɹm.ɪŋ/ [US] Forms: more alarming [comparative], most alarming [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} alarming (comparative more alarming, superlative most alarming)
  1. Causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening. Categories (topical): Fear Derived forms: alarmingly, alarmingness, nonalarming, unalarming Translations (causing alarm): alarmant (Catalan), alarmerende (Danish), alarma (Esperanto), hälyttävä (Finnish), alarmant (French), შემაშფოთებელი (šemašpotebeli) (Georgian), ამაღელვებელი (amaɣelvebeli) (Georgian), საგანგაშო (sagangašo) (Georgian), alarmerende (Norwegian Bokmål), alarmujący (Polish), alarmante (Portuguese), alarmante (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-alarming-en-adj-iGbhTC5M Disambiguation of Fear: 47 53

Verb

IPA: /ə.ˈlɑːm.ɪŋ/ [UK], /ə.ˈlɑɹm.ɪŋ/ [US]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} alarming
  1. present participle and gerund of alarm Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: alarm Categories (topical): Fear
    Sense id: en-alarming-en-verb-nO~uDYUW Disambiguation of Fear: 47 53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 78

Alternative forms

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