alarming
adjective
[ əˈlɑːmɪŋ ]
• worrying or disturbing.
• "our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate"
alarm
verb
• make (someone) feel frightened, disturbed, or in danger.
Similar:
frighten,
scare,
panic,
startle,
unnerve,
distress,
agitate,
upset,
fluster,
ruffle,
disconcert,
shock,
daunt,
dismay,
disturb,
work up,
terrify,
terrorize,
petrify,
make someone's blood run cold,
put the wind up someone,
rattle,
spook,
frightening,
startling,
unnerving,
shocking,
hair-raising,
distressing,
upsetting,
disconcerting,
perturbing,
dismaying,
disquieting,
daunting,
disturbing,
harrowing,
fearsome,
dreadful,
monstrous,
forbidding,
appalling,
chilling,
terrifying,
petrifying,
scary,
• be fitted or protected with an alarm.
• "this door is locked and alarmed between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m"
Origin:
late Middle English (as an exclamation meaning ‘to arms!’): from Old French alarme, from Italian allarme, from all' arme! ‘to arms!’.
