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alarming definition
alarming |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb alarm 1 of 2 senses of alarm Sense 2 alarm, alert => wake Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb alarm 1 of 2 senses of alarm Sense 2 alarm, alert => wake Entailment of verb alarm Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb alarm 2 senses of alarm Sense 1 dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify => frighten, fright, scare, affright Sense 2 alarm, alert => warn Familiarity of verb alarm alarm used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb alarm Sense 1 dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify => frighten, fright, scare, affright -------------- Sense 2 alarm, alert => warn -------------- Overview of verb alarm The verb alarm has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (2) 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") 2. (1) 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") Overview of adj alarming The adj alarming has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. alarming -- (causing alarm or fear) Antonyms of adj alarming 1 sense of alarming Sense 1 alarming (vs. unalarming) unalarming (vs. alarming) => calming, lulling, quietening Similarity of adj alarming 1 sense of alarming Sense 1 alarming (vs. unalarming) => appalling, dismaying => atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly => awful, dire, direful, dread(postnominal), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible => baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening, ugly => bloodcurdling, hair-raising, nightmarish => chilling, scarey, scary, shivery, shuddery => creepy => formidable, redoubtable, unnerving => ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre => hairy => petrifying => stupefying => terrific, terrifying Attributes of adj alarming 1 sense of alarming Sense 1 alarming (vs. unalarming) => alarm, dismay, consternation Familiarity of adj alarming alarming used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj alarming alarming unalarming Overview of verb alarm The verb alarm has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (2) 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") 2. (1) 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") Overview of adj alarming The adj alarming has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. alarming -- (causing alarm or fear)
alarming definition