alarming
adjective
alarm·ing
ə-ˈlär-miŋ 
: causing people to feel danger or alarm or to be worried or frightened
alarming news
The statistics revealed an alarming increase in childhood obesity.
alarmingly
adverb
ə-ˈlär-miŋ-lē
an alarmingly high rate of infection
Examples of alarming in a Sentence
an alarming rise in her fever, causing the doctor to fear the worst
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As emphasized by the UN, the denial of humanitarian access has reached an alarming scale, with more humanitarian workers, including United Nations personnel, killed in 2024 than ever before.
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Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Be suspicious of urgent messages One of the most alarming details in the Anthropic report was how the hacker used AI to craft convincing extortion notes.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
This dynamic—a young shooter who seems to have no barriers between fringe online life and the real world—has become an alarming meme unto itself.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
However, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) would have the power to overrule decisions from independent agencies dedicated to consumer protection, alarming critics who fear AI companies could bribe officials through political donations to void laws.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
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Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Be suspicious of urgent messages One of the most alarming details in the Anthropic report was how the hacker used AI to craft convincing extortion notes.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
This dynamic—a young shooter who seems to have no barriers between fringe online life and the real world—has become an alarming meme unto itself.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
However, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) would have the power to overrule decisions from independent agencies dedicated to consumer protection, alarming critics who fear AI companies could bribe officials through political donations to void laws.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Alarming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alarming. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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