ALARUMING Synonyms: 129 Similar and Opposite Words

alarming

verb

variants also alaruming

Definition of alarming next

present participle of alarm

as in frightening

to strike with fear I don't want to alarm you, but I think you should know there's a bear on your back porch

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as in disturbing

to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy alarmed at the skyrocketing cost of home heating fuel

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Recent Examples of alarming While a small sample size, the historical record for what happens after the S & P 500 has a down month after a seven-month win streak is more reassuring than alarming for the near term. —

Michael Santoli, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2026 China’s increasingly advanced military capabilities are alarming the West and reshaping the global balance of naval power, analysts said. —

Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 5 Jan. 2026 Inflation reached 69% — alarming at the time but modest in hindsight — and the first major wave of protests erupted. —

Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2026 The trend is alarming free speech and higher education advocates who see the First Amendment rights of professors in peril. —

Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 7 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for alarming

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Powell tried to open the stall door, and then began fondling himself, frightening the 11-year-old, who tried to leave, but Powell blocked him from getting out.

— Todd Feurer, CBS News, 6 June 2026
This war has been a disaster for them, frightening away foreign investors, tourists and talent and burdening them with a future of huge new defense bills to deter Iran after the United States is gone.

— Thomas L. Friedman, Mercury News, 15 May 2026