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alarming

[ uh-lahr-ming ]

adjective

  1. causing alarm or fear:

    an alarming case of pneumonia; an alarming lack of respect.



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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·iԲ· adverb
  • ܲa·iԲ adjective
  • un·iԲ· adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of alarming1

First recorded in 1670–80; alarm + -ing 2
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“Its focus on alarming climate scenarios fosters fear rather than rational, balanced discussion.”

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And this makes the details of a recording of Owens’ emotional meeting with the “60 Minutes” team obtained by Darcy that much more alarming.

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Shadow chancellor Mel Stride called the figures "alarming, but not surprising", adding that they "lay bare the price the British people are paying for Rachel Reeves' choices".

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The topic was what he described as an “alarming ... epidemic” of autism, supposedly documented by a new report by the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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“The present state of America,” he wrote, “is truly alarming to every man who is capable of reflection.”

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