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单词 alarming
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alarmingadj.

Brit. /əˈlɑːmɪŋ/, U.S. /əˈlɑrmɪŋ/
Forms: see alarm v. and -ing suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: alarm v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < alarm v. + -ing suffix2.
That fills someone with a sense of fear, apprehension, or danger; frightening, disturbing; (later frequently in somewhat weakened use) that is a cause for concern or worry.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing apprehension or alarm > [adjective] > alarming
frightful1607
alarming1658
awful1809
1658 S. Hammond Quakers House Built upon Sand 1 I am the rather drawn out at such alaruming times, for securing soules.
1680 Bp. G. Burnet Some Passages Life Rochester (1692) 86 With such allarming Evidences.
1731 A. Hill Athelwold v. 64 That alarming Shriek Rings to my trembling Heart, and wakes its Fear.
1769 W. Draper in ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. ii. 23 The last charge..is of a most serious and alarming nature.
1773 J. Wilkes Corr. (1805) IV. 147 The symptom of her sleepiness is very alarming.
1816 Rep. Soc. investigating Causes Increase in Juvenile Delinquency 5 It was found that Juvenile Delinquency existed in the metropolis to a very alarming extent.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 278 But one alarming report followed another fast.
1880 W. Senior Trav. & Trout in Antipodes ii. ii. 182 The gum-fields..indicate that the fine forests have disappeared at an alarming rate.
1922 Daily Mail 21 Nov. 8 The most alarming of Sir Percival Phillips's disclosures.
c1942 M. T. King Mothercraft (new ed.) xii. 190 They [sc. convulsions] are rather alarming, but the mother must not lose her head.
1976 I. M. Lewis Social Anthropol. in Perspective vi. 172 The incidence of violent crime rose at an alarming rate.
2000 Econ. Affairs 20 61/2 What is very alarming is that we now often find econometric departments separate from economics departments.

Compounds

Complementary, as alarming-looking, alarming-sounding, etc.
ΚΠ
1823 B. H. Hofland Integrity x. 158 This Colonel Mortimer did eye Emily with no common interest, and is rather an alarming looking rival.
1877 S. H. Kent Within Arctic Circle I. viii. 207 We underwent some heart-throbs before we got safely past an alarming looking bull.
1918 J. Sully My Life & Friends iii. 73 Alarming-looking quotations from Mill's writings.
1926 Observer 12 Dec. 26/5 At Barnet you aim for rather alarming-sounding places like Palmer's Green.
1997 N.Y. Times 29 Jan. c4 There was no resistance to the alarming-sounding idea from among the trust's 10,000 conservation-minded members.
2004 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 4 Sept. vi. 54 While the economy is always evolving, every generation or so some technological innovation will spark a temporary, but alarming-seeming, acceleration.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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