as in terrifying
causing fear
an alarming rise in her fever, causing the doctor to fear the worst
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also alaruming
1
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 worrying
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
Paul Tenorio, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024
Invest in personal data removal services: Given the alarming rise in identity theft cases, taking proactive measures to safeguard your personal information is essential.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 13 Dec. 2024
As the effects of climate change become ever more alarming, sustainable home builders are taking major steps to lessen the impact of their work on the environment.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 13 Dec. 2024
The video is the latest to highlight what many see as an alarming rise in prices on our supermarket aisles.
—Jack Beresford, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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The slide is alarming for the league, even though MLS has a partnership with Apple TV to stream its games on the MLS Season Pass app.
—Paul Tenorio, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024
Invest in personal data removal services: Given the alarming rise in identity theft cases, taking proactive measures to safeguard your personal information is essential.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 13 Dec. 2024
As the effects of climate change become ever more alarming, sustainable home builders are taking major steps to lessen the impact of their work on the environment.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 13 Dec. 2024
The video is the latest to highlight what many see as an alarming rise in prices on our supermarket aisles.
—Jack Beresford, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alarming
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The paranormal phenomena spooking Spongebob and Squidward has a mundane explanation, but the entity flickering the lights turns out to be none other than Nosferatu, who reassures them with a terrifying smile; amusingly, Spongebob and Squidward are relieved to see him.Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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In the early hours of New Year's Day 2021 in Canton, Georgia, Morgan Metzer was awakened to a terrifying sight.Michael Loftus, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Bitcoin has dropping back from its all-time high of over $100,000 in the last week as BlackRock quietly confirmed a worrying bitcoin bombshell.Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Conclusion While the Fed’s efforts to tame runaway inflation rates has helped market sentiments in the past, its recent hawkish outlook for 2025 is now worrying investors.Trefis Team, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Or maybe the next gen of AI swerves us even deeper into the uncanny valley in yet unknown and frightening ways.Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
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In the dark winter months, Krampus associations in villages hold parades, playfully frightening onlookers on Krampusnacht by chasing them and hitting them with sticks during a run through the streets.Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2024
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And yet what this Dracula radiates — the scariest thing about him — is greater than any of that totalizing power.Wesley Morris, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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But his warnings of fines were indeed rather scary.Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.D., Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
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Today many companies face the formidable challenge of balancing rapid product delivery with uncompromising quality.Wayne Yu, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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From his playing days, Posey remembers his Giants won with great starting pitching and a formidable bullpen juggled well by manager Bruce Bochy.Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 22 Dec. 2024
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Despite Fraser Forster making a couple of horrible mistakes in the Carabao Cup quarter-final against Manchester United, then conceding six against Liverpool, the wisest move might be to sign a younger back-up goalkeeper for the long-term.Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
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Specifically, Trump often points to the horrible human costs of the war and indicates a desire to put an end to the fighting as soon as possible.Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024
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Both came off of emotional conference championship performances with Texas losing the SEC championship game and Clemson upsetting SMU in the ACC title game.Kambui Bomani, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Failing to do so risks upsetting a leader with a short fuse and the power to sink a company’s stock or ignite a boycott with a single social media post.Allison Morrow, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
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That would be a terrible mistake, the Fienberg brothers argued in a Dec. 17 letter that addressed only Bowers’s federal death sentence.David Mark, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Dec. 2024
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People talk about the terrible twos, but she’s found her foothold in that kind of behavior, and there’s just no reasoning with her.Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Alarming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alarming. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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