Definition for Alarming:

• Exciting, or calculated to excite, alarm; causing apprehension of danger; as, an alarming crisis or report. A*larm"ing*ly, adv.

Synonyms for Alarming:

• adj.

  •amazing (adjective)
  • awesome.
  •awful (adjective)
  • ghastly,
  • appalling,
  • unpleasant,
  • frightful,
  • dire,
  • awful,
  • horrendous,
  • hideous,
  • repulsive,
  • dreadful,
  • terrible,
  • horrible,
  • horrid.
  •causing fear (adjective)
  • distressing,
  • startling,
  • frightful,
  • disturbing,
  • dangerous,
  • disquieting,
  • frightening.
  •dangerous (adjective)
  • treacherous,
  • shaky,
  • unsafe,
  • dangersome,
  • parlous,
  • Jeopardous.
  •frightening (adjective)
  • terrifying,
  • nightmarish.
  •portentous (adjective)
  • portentous,
  • inauspicious.
  •threatening (adjective)
  • minatory.
  •unreliable (adjective)
  • treacherous.
  •unspeakable (adjective)
  • inexpressible,
  • unspeakable,
  • unutterable,
  • undescribable,
  • indefinable,
  • Incommunicable.

• n.

  •
  • awesome,
  • spooky,
  • eerie.
  •alarming (noun)
  • ghastly,
  • sinister,
  • creepy,
  • dire,
  • menacing,
  • hairy,
  • stupefying,
  • dismaying,
  • dread,
  • fearsome,
  • nightmarish,
  • baleful,
  • petrifying,
  • horrible,
  • terrible,
  • appalling,
  • dreadful,
  • gruesome,
  • grim,
  • horrific,
  • grisly,
  • scary,
  • ugly,
  • redoubtable,
  • atrocious,
  • bloodcurdling,
  • hair-raising,
  • direful,
  • frightful,
  • macabre,
  • shivery,
  • creepy-crawly,
  • fearful,
  • frightening,
  • shuddery,
  • terrific,
  • formidable,
  • horrendous,
  • minacious,
  • minatory,
  • awful,
  • dreaded,
  • scarey,
  • unnerving,
  • chilling,
  • ominous,
  • threatening,
  • terrifying,
  • horrifying,
  • forbidding.

• v.

  •alarming (verb)
  • signaling,
  • shocking,
  • dismaying,
  • startling,
  • surprising.
  •frightening (verb)
  • horrifying,
  • agitating,
  • terrifying,
  • haunting,
  • harrowing,
  • petrifying,
  • panicking,
  • intimidating,
  • rattling,
  • disturbing,
  • setting on edge,
  • Scaring,
  • frightening,
  • unnerving.
  •warning (verb)
  • warning,
  • threatening,
  • alerting,
  • Advising,
  • Cautioning.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • ghoulish,
  • worrisome,
  • unearthly,
  • disconcerting,
  • sobering,
  • distressing,
  • worrying,
  • dangerous,
  • troublesome,
  • disquieting,
  • nerve-wracking,
  • heart-stopping,
  • daunting,
  • spooky,
  • eerie,
  • gloomy,
  • awesome.
  •
  • foreboding,
  • sickening,
  • niggling,
  • fraught,
  • alarmist,
  • brooding,
  • frighteningly.
  •
  • severe,
  • chill.
  •hazardous
  • unsafe.
  •marvelous
  • unspeakable.
  •Other relevant words:
  • imposing,
  • minatory,
  • fell,
  • redoubtable,
  • waterlogged,
  • fearsome,
  • baleful,
  • Scandalizing,
  • daunting,
  • frustrating,
  • concerning,
  • perturbing,
  • formidable,
  • gory,
  • frighteningly,
  • bloodcurdling,
  • evil,
  • off-putting,
  • devilish,
  • undescribable,
  • critical,
  • Feared,
  • malefic,
  • marvellous,
  • iniquitous,
  • Bothering,
  • severe,
  • stirring,
  • Signalling,
  • upsetting,
  • Outraging,
  • savage,
  • diabolical,
  • nerve-wracking,
  • malevolent,
  • starting,
  • foreboding,
  • unsteady,
  • sobering,
  • scandalising,
  • distressing,
  • serious,
  • Jeopardous,
  • treacherous,
  • exasperating,
  • sickening,
  • Incommunicable,
  • Guideless,
  • chilling,
  • fraught,
  • top-heavy,
  • direful,
  • incredible,
  • tottering,
  • alarmed,
  • traumatic,
  • intolerable,
  • ramshackle,
  • inexpressible,
  • tremendous,
  • heart-rending,
  • minacious,
  • destruction,
  • helpless,
  • discouraging,
  • Overawing,
  • grand,
  • terrific,
  • grievous,
  • troubling,
  • Fraying,
  • shaky,
  • vexing,
  • brutal,
  • maleficent,
  • shuddery,
  • clocking,
  • unsafe,
  • demoralising,
  • Horning,
  • Fearing,
  • Fiendish,
  • nerve-racking,
  • stately,
  • wonderful,
  • villainous,
  • dreaded,
  • forbidding,
  • fateful,
  • portentous,
  • kafkaesque,
  • troublesome,
  • danger,
  • astonishing,
  • ill-omened,
  • grim,
  • affecting,
  • shivery,
  • dangerous,
  • ominous,
  • scarey,
  • paralysing,
  • outrageous,
  • wondrous,
  • perilous,
  • ugly,
  • stunning,
  • menacing,
  • illomened,
  • depressing,
  • sinister,
  • louring,
  • niggling,
  • tumbledown,
  • unpropitious,
  • fearful,
  • disquieting,
  • inauspicious,
  • lowering,
  • Frighting,
  • scary,
  • worrisome,
  • awesome,
  • horrendous,
  • demoralizing,
  • fraught with danger,
  • explosive,
  • awe-inspiring,
  • grisly,
  • alarm,
  • overwhelming,
  • worrying,
  • ill-fated,
  • ill-starred,
  • disconcerting,
  • sick,
  • painful,
  • unpromising,
  • nightmarish,
  • astounding,
  • Noticing,
  • Star-crossed,
  • unfavourable,
  • Deterring,
  • troublous,
  • macabre,
  • ghoulish,
  • fear,
  • offending,
  • deterrent,
  • spooky,
  • torturous,
  • hairy,
  • agonizing,
  • unbelievable,
  • monstrous,
  • brooding,
  • unearthly,
  • atrocious,
  • flagitious,
  • alarmist,
  • stupefying,
  • momentous,
  • grotesque,
  • imminent,
  • breathtaking,
  • horrific,
  • Dreading,
  • heinous,
  • awing,
  • demonic,
  • unutterable,
  • unstable,
  • Crumbling,
  • chill,
  • bad,
  • dread,
  • wicked,
  • gloomy,
  • moving,
  • unspeakable,
  • revolting,
  • dangersome,
  • eerie,
  • disheartening,
  • Periculous,
  • amazing,
  • indefinable,
  • creepy,
  • foul,
  • heart-stopping,
  • creepy-crawly,
  • unsettling,
  • parlous,
  • hair-raising,
  • majestic,
  • dispiriting,
  • gruesome.

Antonyms for Alarming:

• adj.

  • all
    unalarming.
  • causing fear
    comforting.
  • Other antonyms:
    inviting, consoling, commonplace, paltry, lowly, undignified, pacifying, humble, relaxing, contemptible, soothing, mean, base, despicable, vulgar, inferior, beggarly, comforting, tranquilizing, calming, reassuring, lulling.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    beautiful, hairless.

Homophones for Alarming:

• alluring, aleuronic.