Alarming
/əˈlɑɹm.ɪŋ/ adj, verb
adj, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of alarm form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 Causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening.
"Another stop at the 731-yard Sharpthorne Tunnel allowed the apprentices to see how a combination of water and a "chemical soup" is destroying the rails at an alarming rate."
Adjective
- 1 frightening because of an awareness of danger wordnet
Example
More examples"This article is an alarming combination of gossip, superstition and nonsense."