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Adjective alarming has 1 sense
- alarming - causing alarm or fear
Antonyms: unalarming, calming, lulling, quietening
Verb alarm has 2 senses
- dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify - fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us"
--1 is one way to frighten, fright, scare, affright
Sample sentence:
The bad news will alarm him
- alarm, alert - warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness; "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries"
--2 is one way to warn
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
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