alarming

Meanings

Verb

• fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
• warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
• present participle and gerund of alarm

Adjective

• frightening because of an awareness of danger

Adj

• Causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening.

Synonyms

alarm, alert, appal, appall, concerning, dismay, distressful, distressing, horrify, nagging, troubling, unsettling, worrisome, worrying

Antonyms

unalarming