英语词汇“alarming”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Something that's alarming is disturbing or upsetting. It can be alarming when you hear a sudden, loud crash of thunder.

The idea of climate change is very alarming to many people, and the sound of a police car's siren is alarming when you're driving. Things that are alarming grab your attention, and either frighten you or at least unsettle you. The adjective alarming comes from alarm, via the Old French alarme, which is rooted in the Italian interjection all'arme, a rally or warning cry, "to arms!"

WORD FAMILY

alarming: alarmingest, alarmingly, unalarming+/alarm: alarmed, alarming, alarmism, alarms/alarmed: alarmedly/alarmism: alarmist/alarmist: alarmists

USAGE EXAMPLES

There are concerns that already dangerous air pollution may reach alarming levels once again.

BBC(Dec 30, 2016)

A second report, also kept from the public, was equally alarming.

The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016)

It’s an alarming performance for a team used to peaking right now.

Seattle Times(Dec 24, 2016)

adj frightening because of an awareness of danger

Syn|Ant

appalling, dismaying

causing consternation

atrocious, frightful, horrible, horrifying, ugly

provoking horror

awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible

causing fear or dread or terror

baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening

threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

bloodcurdling, hair-raising, nightmarish

extremely alarming

chilling, scarey, scary, shivery, shuddery

provoking fear terror

creepy, creepy-crawly

causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin

formidable, redoubtable, unnerving

inspiring fear

ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick

shockingly repellent; inspiring horror

hairy

hazardous and frightening

petrifying

paralyzing with terror

stupefying

shocking with surprise and consternation

terrific, terrifying

causing extreme terror

unalarming

not alarming; assuaging alarm

单词	alarming
释义	alarming (once / 689 pages) adj Something that's alarming is disturbing or upsetting. It can be alarming when you hear a sudden, loud crash of thunder. The idea of climate change is very alarming to many people, and the sound of a police car's siren is alarming when you're driving. Things that are alarming grab your attention, and either frighten you or at least unsettle you. The adjective alarming comes from alarm, via the Old French alarme, which is rooted in the Italian interjection all'arme, a rally or warning cry, "to arms!" WORD FAMILY alarming: alarmingest, alarmingly, unalarming+/alarm: alarmed, alarming, alarmism, alarms/alarmed: alarmedly/alarmism: alarmist/alarmist: alarmists USAGE EXAMPLES There are concerns that already dangerous air pollution may reach alarming levels once again. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) A second report, also kept from the public, was equally alarming. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) It’s an alarming performance for a team used to peaking right now. Seattle Times(Dec 24, 2016) adj frightening because of an awareness of danger Syn\|Ant appalling, dismaying causing consternation atrocious, frightful, horrible, horrifying, ugly provoking horror awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible causing fear or dread or terror baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments bloodcurdling, hair-raising, nightmarish extremely alarming chilling, scarey, scary, shivery, shuddery provoking fear terror creepy, creepy-crawly causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin formidable, redoubtable, unnerving inspiring fear ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick shockingly repellent; inspiring horror hairy hazardous and frightening petrifying paralyzing with terror stupefying shocking with surprise and consternation terrific, terrifying causing extreme terror unalarming not alarming; assuaging alarm
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