What is the meaning of alarming?

verb

  • Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised.
    • usage: "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us"
  • Warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness.
    • usage: "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries"

adjective

  • Frightening because of an awareness of danger. .
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