What is another word for alarming?
426 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɐlˈɑːmɪŋ], [ ɐlˈɑːmɪŋ], [ ɐ_l_ˈɑː_m_ɪ_ŋ]Table of Contents
Similar words for alarming:- all (adjective)
- appalling (adjective)
- awesome (adjective)
- awful (adjective)
- dangerous (adjective)
- dire (adjective)
- disturbing (adjective)
- dread (adjective)
- dreadful (adjective)
- frightful/frightening (adjective)
- harrowing (adjective)
- incommunicable (adjective)
- indefinable (adjective)
- inexpressible (adjective)
- menacing (adjective)
- portentous (adjective)
- scary (adjective)
- startling (adjective)
- threatening (adjective)
- treacherous (adjective)
- troublesome (adjective)
- undescribable (adjective)
- unsafe (adjective)
- unsettling (adjective)
- unspeakable (adjective)
- unutterable (adjective)
- upsetting (adjective)
- worrisome (adjective)
- alarming (noun)
- alarming (verb)
- frightening (verb)
- warning (verb)
- other synonyms
- marvelous
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Alarming:
adj.
•all (adjective) •appalling (adjective)- more disheartening,
- dis-maying,
- dis-heartening,
- most daunting,
- more dismaying,
- most unnerving,
- more unnerving,
- grodiest,
- most dismaying,
- endest,
- most petrifying,
- more scaring,
- Ender,
- grodier,
- un nerving,
- more daunting,
- dis heartening,
- un-nerving,
- most scaring,
- dis maying,
- most disheartening,
- more petrifying.
- mind blowing,
- impressive,
- more stupefying,
- grandest,
- aweinspiring,
- more horrifying,
- over whelming,
- mindblowing,
- more nervous,
- striking,
- over-whelming,
- most stupefying,
- awe inspiring,
- most horrifying.
- most oppressing,
- un-fortunate,
- more scowling,
- ruinous,
- re doubtable,
- more oppressing,
- most scowling,
- re-doubtable,
- un fortunate.
- fore-boding,
- dis-agreeable,
- dis-concerting,
- dis comforting,
- most discomposing,
- more discommoding,
- more agitating,
- dis-comforting,
- embarrassing,
- most foreboding,
- more troubling,
- most troubling,
- more foreboding,
- most agitating,
- more discomforting,
- most impeding,
- most discommoding,
- most discomforting,
- more aggravating,
- dis composing,
- dis concerting,
- more discomposing,
- impeding,
- more disconcerting,
- most disconcerting,
- dis agreeable,
- troubling,
- fore boding,
- most aggravating,
- dis-composing,
- more impeding.
- hair raising,
- dis quieting,
- in conceivable,
- dis-quieting,
- more traumatic,
- most traumatic,
- more grabber,
- hairraising,
- in-conceivable,
- most grabber.
- more torturing,
- heart rending,
- most tearing,
- more tearing,
- more racking,
- most heart-rending,
- nerveracking,
- most heart rending,
- most racking,
- more heart rending,
- torturing,
- nerve racking,
- more heart-rending,
- most torturing.
- more overhanging,
- most minacious,
- most overhanging,
- most intimidatory,
- overhanging,
- most louring,
- more louring,
- over hanging,
- more minacious,
- over-hanging,
- more intimidatory.
- most spine chilling,
- more spine-chilling,
- more spinechilling,
- scarier,
- most spinechilling,
- more spine chilling,
- most spine-chilling,
- spine chilling,
- spinechilling.
- un reliable,
- mis leading,
- un-soundest,
- un dependable,
- more dissembled,
- mis-leading,
- un sounder,
- un sound,
- un-sound,
- most dissembled,
- un-sounder,
- un-dependable,
- un-reliable.
- in-festive,
- in convenient,
- most harassing,
- more murder,
- in tractable,
- most murder,
- more infestive,
- most vexing,
- up-hill,
- most infestive,
- in festive,
- in-tractable,
- more vexing,
- un-governable,
- Harassing,
- more harassing,
- in-convenient,
- up hill.
n.
•alarming (noun)- creepy,
- dreaded,
- forbidding,
- horrifying,
- redoubtable,
- grisly,
- nightmarish,
- gruesome,
- scarey,
- stupefying,
- grim,
- hairy,
- horrendous,
- fearsome,
- ghastly,
- formidable,
- shuddery,
- hair-raising,
- atrocious,
- terrific,
- horrible,
- sinister,
- creepy-crawly,
- macabre,
- terrible,
- horrific,
- chilling,
- minatory,
- fearful,
- direful,
- shivery,
- ugly,
- petrifying,
- unnerving,
- frightening,
- baleful.
v.
•alarming (verb) •frightening (verb) •warning (verb)Other synonyms:
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•
- oppressive,
- suspicious,
- worrying,
- ghoulish,
- unthinkable,
- stygian,
- daunting,
- Nail Biting,
- spooky,
- heart-stopping,
- disconcerting,
- nerve-wracking,
- gloomy,
- freaky,
- distressing,
- unearthly,
- eerie,
- awesome,
- stomach-churning,
- spine-tingling,
- white-knuckle,
- disquieting,
- sobering,
- stressful.
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•
- grave.
- inexpressible,
- Crumbling,
- critical,
- imposing,
- maleficent,
- devilish,
- imminent,
- stirring,
- stately,
- frustrating,
- nerve-racking,
- deterrent,
- grievous,
- awe-inspiring,
- ill-omened,
- amazing,
- Star-crossed,
- serious,
- unpropitious,
- Feared,
- dispiriting,
- unutterable,
- sick,
- savage,
- indefinable,
- vexing,
- top-heavy,
- Signalling,
- Fiendish,
- starting,
- astonishing,
- Periculous,
- depressing,
- breathtaking,
- Dreading,
- moving,
- incredible,
- tremendous,
- revolting,
- malevolent,
- helpless,
- diabolical,
- Fearing,
- momentous,
- perilous,
- malefic,
- brutal,
- Deterring,
- ramshackle,
- fear,
- disheartening,
- scandalising,
- wondrous,
- demoralizing,
- Scandalizing,
- astounding,
- paralysing,
- agonizing,
- tumbledown,
- heinous,
- grand,
- flagitious,
- inauspicious,
- awing,
- unstable,
- villainous,
- painful,
- ill-fated,
- waterlogged,
- torturous,
- Horning,
- affecting,
- intolerable,
- grotesque,
- Outraging,
- unpromising,
- majestic,
- fell,
- Noticing,
- offending,
- lowering,
- wonderful,
- Overawing,
- wicked,
- discouraging,
- stunning,
- evil,
- unbelievable,
- Fraying,
- ill-starred,
- Incommunicable,
- Guideless,
- unfavourable,
- concerning,
- danger,
- fateful,
- tottering,
- illomened,
- bad,
- marvellous,
- destruction,
- alarm,
- unsteady,
- fraught with danger,
- monstrous,
- explosive,
- gory,
- portentous,
- outrageous,
- demoralising,
- overwhelming,
- off-putting,
- Bothering,
- foul,
- kafkaesque,
- demonic,
- exasperating,
- clocking,
- Frighting,
- iniquitous,
- alarmed,
- undescribable.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
frightening, disquieting, appalling, worrying, horrifying, alarm, frightful.
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Noun, singular or mass
alarm.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
alarmed, surprising, dramatic, egregious, nagging, dire, depressing, threatening, serious, terrible, intimidating, disappointing, dreadful, harrowing, striking, astounding, horrific, horrible, stunning, grave, questionable, horrendous, concerned, eerie, glaring, fearsome, objectionable, phenomenal, incredible, impressive, remarkable, problematic, spectacular, concerning, shocked, gruesome, tragic, devastating, critical, desperate, alert, ugly, dubious, acute, spooky, overwhelming, worried.
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Noun, singular or mass
warning.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
disturbing.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
troubling, startling, worrisome, distressing, disturbing, shocking, disconcerting, unsettling, alarmist, astonishing, terrifying, staggering, ominous, Preoccupying, chilling, troublesome, scary, daunting, grim, sobering, dangerous, amazing, annoying, outrageous, severe.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
worrying.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Alarming:
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adj.
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all
unalarming.
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causing fear
comforting.
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Other antonyms:
inferior, reassuring, calming, relaxing, mean, lowly, paltry, contemptible, inviting, pacifying, humble, soothing, lulling, tranquilizing, despicable, vulgar, base, consoling, beggarly, undignified, commonplace.
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all
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