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alarming
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Adjective
Causing apprehension, fear or alarm
Disturbing in nature, causing anxiety or concern
Giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen
Dangerous or hazardous in nature
Verb
Present participle for to frighten or cause fear in
Present participle for to bother or cause unease to one's mental or emotional state
Present participle for to offend, shock or outrage
Present participle for to warn in advance
Present participle for to cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something)
Present participle for to state one's intention to take hostile and retributive action against someone
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Adjective
▲
Causing apprehension, fear or alarm
frightening
scary
scaring
terrifying
petrifying
chilling
horrifying
appalling
daunting
formidable
fearsome
unnerving
dire
direful
dread
dreadful
fearful
forbidding
frightful
ghastly
harrowing
horrendous
horrible
intimidating
redoubtable
shocking
terrible
bloodcurdling
menacing
perturbing
startling
worrying
disconcerting
disquieting
distressing
disturbing
upsetting
dangerous
dismaying
monstrous
hair-raising
spine-chilling
causing fear
awful
horrid
horrific
grim
hideous
gruesome
nightmarish
macabre
atrocious
grisly
eerie
spooky
unspeakable
creepy
sinister
abominable
lurid
outrageous
terrific
revolting
repulsive
disgusting
odious
hellacious
loathsome
godawful
offensive
detestable
vile
bad
repugnant
repellent
blood-curdling
obnoxious
evil
grewsome
execrable
sickening
heinous
serious
calamitous
beastly
grave
abhorrent
threatening
spine-tingling
ominous
abysmal
nightmare
from hell
insufferable
baleful
grievous
foul
deplorable
unutterable
awesome
hairy
wretched
tremendous
nasty
nauseating
inhuman
gloomy
ugly
gross
indescribable
bodeful
hateful
severe
egregious
mean-looking
critical
unsettling
overwhelming
nauseous
unfortunate
distasteful
noisome
parlous
imposing
cruel
awe-inspiring
eldritch
oppressing
shuddersome
extreme
lousy
dreaded
scandalous
nerve-racking
obscene
miserable
rancid
repellant
fulsome
noxious
solemn
woeful
traumatic
astounding
unpardonable
abject
unforgivable
dismal
disheartening
brooding
desperate
terrorizing
US
ghostly
terrorising
UK
disgraceful
chronic
unearthly
hellish
fiendish
inexpressible
gnarly
stupefying
poor
stinking
objectionable
heartstopping
rubbish
diabolical
vulgar
stunning
astonishing
amazing
bewildering
agitating
staggering
lamentable
grotty
ghoulish
vicious
surprising
disastrous
glaring
wicked
yucky
unpleasant
unsightly
godforsaken
God-awful
sober
sombre
UK
somber
US
weird
acute
striking
massive
powerful
pulse-pounding
grotesque
untold
shivery
shuddery
feared
thrilling
humourless
UK
sedate
humorless
US
undescribable
fateful
bone-chilling
foreboding
overpowering
unlucky
tragic
baneful
ferocious
unpropitious
apocalyptic
bleak
eery
evil-looking
suggestive of evil
morbid
phobic
off-putting
rotten
inconvenient
punk
unwelcome
excessive
all-powerful
despicable
messed up
contemptible
icky
disgustful
festy
loathly
raunchy
yucko
grungy
grody
depressing
undefinable
unimaginable
ineffable
inconceivable
preternatural
indescribably wicked
too horrible for words
indescribably bad
beyond description
indescribably evil
beyond words
very unpleasant
sick-making
hopeless
afflictive
fierce
irretrievable
sick
spookish
gory
dark
sepulchral
funereal
bloody
cold
shadowy
gut-churning
shady
death-obsessed
tenebrous
unhealthy
haunting
savage
violent
glum
dreary
melancholic
melancholy
dispirited
depressive
desolate
morose
cheerless
sullen
sad
uncanny
pitiless
gray
US
dingy
murky
grey
UK
drab
mirthless
lugubrious
drear
unnatural
mournful
black
abnormal
strange
unusual
freaky
bestial
sanguine
disagreeable
Kafkaesque
nightmarey
phantasmagorical
hostile
taboo
brutal
unwelcoming
bloodthirsty
sanguinary
blood-stained
inhospitable
poignant
unfriendly
bloodletting
uninviting
dodgy
blood-and-guts
blood-and-thunder
perilous
glowering
unwholesome
unthinkable
unmentionable
twisted
perverse
warped
sickly
maleficent
aberrant
unsound
much-dreaded
much-feared
deeply distressing
mysterious
supernatural
odd
queer
bizarre
far-out
unreal
mystifying
other-worldly
rum
inscrutable
flakey
US
mystic
occult
uncouth
eerily
flaky
UK
secret
magic
oddball
whacko
numinous
magical
supernal
out of the ordinary
more ❯
“He warned of the
alarming
rise in the rate of accidents over the last several years.”
Adjective
▲
Disturbing in nature, causing anxiety or concern
perturbing
disturbing
distressing
upsetting
unsettling
disquieting
troubling
troublesome
worrisome
bothersome
worrying
discomforting
discomposing
unpleasant
trying
irksome
irritating
disconcerting
annoying
dismaying
harassing
aggravating
agitating
vexing
nagging
difficult
nasty
distressful
troublous
wearisome
provoking
frightening
tiresome
disagreeable
discommoding
discouraging
inconvenient
startling
burdensome
creepy
depressing
painful
foreboding
hard
sinister
tormenting
ominous
perplexing
gloomy
severe
onerous
intrusive
embarrassing
laborious
threatening
toilsome
disruptive
pessimistic
consequential
impeding
prophetic
uncertain
nerve-racking
harrowing
dreadful
dire
unnerving
awful
grave
terrible
shocking
traumatic
hairy
grievous
serious
appalling
bad
daunting
concerning
parlous
grim
tense
critical
ugly
tragic
vexatious
nerve-wracking
horrifying
perilous
agonizing
US
awkward
fraught
horrible
stressful
taxing
ghastly
precarious
frightful
nail-biting
dangerous
displeasing
agonising
UK
woeful
anxious
uneasy
disheartening
gut-wrenching
horrific
nervous
hurtful
restless
scary
unfortunate
macabre
sad
regrettable
heartbreaking
terrifying
desperate
loathsome
hopeless
heartrending
tricky
problematic
life-threatening
thorny
anxious-making
dismal
disappointing
acute
off-putting
niggling
devastating
dispiriting
sombre
UK
somber
US
bitter
urgent
demoralizing
US
distasteful
unpalatable
bleak
direful
lamentable
excruciating
dreary
drastic
melancholy
sickening
afflicting
galling
demoralising
UK
inauspicious
forbidding
extreme
horrid
horrendous
discomfiting
heart-rending
profound
afflictive
unlucky
menacing
pressing
uncomfortable
wretched
unhappy
prickly
imperative
sticky
hazardous
harrying
cheerless
exigent
crucial
jarring
burning
objectionable
melancholic
glum
compelling
unfavourable
UK
depressive
unfavorable
US
unwelcome
vital
clamant
pitiful
torturous
importunate
poignant
unpropitious
imperious
damaging
saddening
chilling
catastrophic
necessitous
important
intimidating
miserable
sore
gruesome
all-important
very bad
monstrous
grotesque
abominable
unspeakable
disgusting
atrocious
unsightly
vile
grisly
heavy
rough
oppressive
deplorable
hideous
lurid
nauseating
foul
confronting
messy
poor
austere
nauseous
sorry
frustrating
doleful
tragical
cruel
crying
hateful
emergent
distressed
ruinous
harsh
morose
distracting
crushing
bewildering
nightmarish
unamusing
uncongenial
unpleasing
abhorrent
injurious
hellish
unstable
unkind
instant
dicey
heart-breaking
harmful
essential
dark
egregious
risky
decisive
haunting
sobering
brutal
life-and-death
fearful
destabilising
UK
destabilizing
US
tough
flustering
numbing
exasperating
demanding
arduous
maddening
confusing
anxiety provoking
disastrous
cataclysmic
baffling
infuriating
abysmal
uphill
scarring
pesky
peracute
bothering
calamitous
pestiferous
testing
pestilent
plaguy
pestilential
barro
terribly bad
mean
cataclysmal
wicked
mephitical
irritable
repellant
repellent
revulsive
sullen
repugnant
troubled
wounding
repressive
infestive
dodgy
lousy
chronic
affecting
devastative
rotten
mind-blowing
tearing
panicky
abortive
solemn
doomed
sober
humourless
UK
humorless
US
sedate
mortifying
hostile
aggressive
drear
sour
violent
dirty
filthy
charged
quarrelsome
treacherous
surprising
astonishing
minacious
pugnacious
amazing
astounding
stunning
bellicose
volatile
stupefying
jolting
flabbergasting
dumbfounding
extraordinary
staggering
unsafe
volcanic
iffy
blindsiding
unexpected
dumfounding
remarkable
unforeseen
sudden
explosive
weighty
significant
highly charged
touch-and-go
knife-edge
dramatic
eye-opening
jaw-dropping
joyless
desolate
sorrowful
comfortless
pitiable
drab
rueful
funereal
disconsolate
dejecting
dispirited
mirthless
dolorous
dolesome
cold
lachrymose
heart-wrenching
challenging
exacting
tedious
gruelling
UK
grueling
US
punishing
rankling
wearing
strenuous
exhausting
nettlesome
carking
abrasive
riling
peeving
rigorous
chafing
nettling
tiring
rebarbative
pesty
plaguey
fatiguing
back-breaking
formidable
knotty
backbreaking
infernal
wearying
draining
rugged
Herculean
herculean
sapping
effortful
delicate
confounded
killing
grinding
killer
sweaty
cussed
moiling
problematical
stiff
murderous
ponderous
bruising
unsparing
intolerable
tall
ticklish
operose
tortuous
persnickety
impossible
ambitious
sensitive
grating
tight
hellacious
fierce
teasing
debilitating
cumbersome
antagonizing
US
enraging
vigorous
toilful
unbearable
labored
US
laboured
UK
knackering
antagonising
UK
energy-consuming
stringent
incommodious
enervating
mighty
painstaking
intense
irking
colossal
merciless
enough to try the patience of a saint
enough to drive you up the wall
unforgiving
titanic
puzzling
unremitting
upstream
unyielding
gargantuan
depleting
shattering
dubious
pressured
problem
crippling
prohibitive
Augean
immense
gigantic
pick-and-shovel
slavish
really hard
very hard
boring
tough going
controversial
no picnic
difficile
excessive
bedevilling
UK
immoderate
chancy
steep
gnawing
unfriendly
spartan
suspect
questionable
punchable
embittering
touchy
humiliating
inhuman
searing
hardhanded
bedeviling
US
compromising
hectic
cringey
cringeworthy
hefty
time-consuming
backbreaker
insufferable
cringe-making
easier said than done
torturesome
drudgy
vicious
high-pressure
worksome
savage
scabrous
uphill battle
unendurable
hard-won
marathon
anxiety-ridden
not easy
ferocious
almighty
unreasonable
rduous
exorbitant
relentless
festering
antipathetic
unfair
provocative
unsatisfying
unattractive
thoroughgoing
major
a stinker of a
demeaning
degrading
embarrassed
tickly
soul-sucking
emotionally draining
intricate
catchy
untimely
discountenancing
bumpy
overtaxing
overpowering
gnarly
high-impact
like getting blood out of a stone
harrasive
itchy
scratchy
intractable
mystifying
shameful
checkered
US
chequered
UK
causing discomfort
ill-fitting
toe-curling
tricksy
spiny
no piece of cake
afflicted
trouble
superincumbent
a nuisance
an imposition
full of problems
beset by problems
harassive
hindering
bullying
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen
sinister
threatening
menacing
frightening
ominous
dire
scary
baleful
direful
forbidding
foreboding
inauspicious
spooky
creepy
eerie
portentous
ill
doomy
harmful
unfavourable
UK
minatory
injurious
unpropitious
adverse
pernicious
evil
unfavorable
US
hurtful
deleterious
dark
disturbing
malignant
baneful
unfortunate
unlucky
bodeful
disquieting
disastrous
black
nasty
minacious
eldritch
malign
sinistrous
apocalyptic
lowering
minatorial
doomful
woeful
ill-boding
ill-omened
evil-looking
suggestive of evil
fateful
warning
dangerous
grim
gloomy
unpromising
grave
doomed
impending
serious
solemn
haunting
augural
looming
ill-fated
intimidating
hostile
fearsome
admonitory
terrifying
cautionary
comminatory
bullying
terrorizing
US
forceful
intimidatory
oppressive
forcible
terrorising
UK
aggressive
mean-looking
scowling
infelicitous
disadvantageous
bleak
pessimistic
ugly
wintry
US
bad
discouraging
dismal
inopportune
worrying
wintery
UK
untimely
hopeless
unhappy
disheartening
jinxed
cursed
doubtful
uninviting
calamitous
unhopeful
dubious
ruinous
ill-starred
off-putting
premonitory
presaging
clouded
precursive
unfriendly
prescient
malefic
perilous
malificent
suggestive
inhospitable
fearful
prophetic
unhealthy
unwholesome
troubling
dreadful
louring
untoward
doom and gloom
brooding
glowering
heavy
regrettable
loury
thunderous
lamentable
unchancy
lowery
wretched
luckless
deplorable
poor
afflicted
unprosperous
forsaken
awkward
destitute
hapless
in a bad way
out of luck
mortal
apocalyptical
hellfire
catastrophic
fire-and-brimstone
destructive
lethal
cataclysmic
fatal
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Dangerous or hazardous in nature
unsafe
dangerous
hazardous
perilous
risky
parlous
precarious
threatening
chancy
insecure
hairy
serious
uncertain
treacherous
grave
dodgy
menacing
grievous
vulnerable
jeopardising
UK
jeopardizing
US
unhealthy
exposed
venturesome
unreliable
touchy
ticklish
explosive
erratic
destructive
harmful
malignant
slippery
defenseless
US
defenceless
UK
unprotected
toxic
undependable
injurious
threatened
fearsome
untrustworthy
high-risk
touch-and-go
life-threatening
on thin ice
hanging by a thread
open to attack
on a limb
unstable
shaky
unsound
tricky
dicey
breakneck
gnarly
dangersome
ugly
hot
reckless
fraught with danger
unpredictable
daredevil
death-defying
jeopardous
sticky
tottery
compromisable
Russian roulette
unchancy
playing with fire
daring
ominous
difficult
speculative
delicate
bad
thorny
nasty
deadly
critical
urgent
adventurous
venturous
viperous
fatal
pressing
mortal
dynamite
terrible
formidable
heavy
loaded
queasy
on collision course
problematic
iffy
rocky
unsure
unsteady
dubious
unsettled
doubtful
desperate
terrifying
in danger
shonky
in jeopardy
at risk
extreme
problematical
wicked
out on a limb
lethal
capricious
scary
awkward
taxing
forbidding
endangered
sensitive
wobbly
unknown
tight
unclear
suicidal
cliffhanging
in the balance
wide-open
long shot
on slippery ground
on a slippery slope
built on sand
hanging in the balance
rickety
not safe
rugged
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to frighten or cause fear in
scaring
frightening
terrifying
panicking
startling
horrifying
shocking
affrighting
spooking
petrifying
terrorising
UK
terrorizing
US
frighting
scarifying
daunting
unnerving
chilling
chillin
scaring to death
scaring stiff
putting the wind up
scaring the bejesus out of
scaring the living daylights out of
making jump
scaring silly
giving a turn
making someone's hair stand on end
appalling
alaruming
intimidating
striking terror into
throwing into a panic
disturbing
filling with fear
scaring the pants off
putting the fear of God into
agitating
perturbing
scaring witless
awing
aweing
disquieting
dismaying
scaring someone out of their wits
making one's hair stand on end
throwing into a blue funk
cowing
giving someone goose pimples
disconcerting
giving someone the heebie-jeebies
making one's blood run cold
frightening the living daylights out of
upsetting
discomforting
deterring
stunning
paralysing
UK
paralyzing
US
scaring away
chilling to the bone
curdling the blood
making teeth chatter
frightening to death
making one's flesh creep
giving one the creeps
making someone jump out of their skin
frightening the life out of
worrying
fazing
discouraging
unhinging
disheartening
shaking
repelling
demoralizing
US
stiffing
unsettling
demoralising
UK
consternating
scaring off
giving someone a fright
chilling to the marrow
freezing your blood
making nervous
making afraid
getting the wind up
frightening someone out of their wits
sending into a cold sweat
making someone shake in their shoes
scaring the hell out of
scaring the life out of
filling with terror
throwing into a fright
frightening out of your wits
scaring the pants off of
browbeating
bulldozing
astounding
surprising
perplexing
depressing
becoming horror-stricken
becoming horror-struck
tormenting
scaring the daylights out of
making fearful
striking terror in
inspiring panic in
taking aback
shaking up
making someone jump out of his skin
making flesh crawl
giving someone a jolt
giving a shock
stupefying
paralysing with fear
striking fear into
flustering
rattling
ruffling
unmanning
scaring someone half to death
menacing
pressurizing
US
tyrannizing
US
plaguing
tyrannising
UK
pressurising
UK
more ❯
“He had heard a name that scared him as much as that of a dead man's ghost would
alarm
a timid traveler.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to bother or cause unease to one's mental or emotional state
disturbing
upsetting
worrying
perturbing
bothering
agitating
distressing
unsettling
discomposing
disquieting
dismaying
concerning
disconcerting
flurrying
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more ❯
“He saw no need to
alarm
her with the news that the would-be killer had made another attempt on his life.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to offend, shock or outrage
shocking
offending
disgusting
outraging
horrifying
revolting
nauseating
repelling
appalling
scandalising
UK
scandalizing
US
dismaying
sickening
astounding
harrowing
distressing greatly
making one's hair stand on end
“Atwood deliberately sets out to disgust and
alarm
her readers by offering graphic descriptions of dead and dying bodies and rotting corpses in her trilogy.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to warn in advance
forewarning
warning
informing
alerting
advising
apprising
cautioning
tipping
flagging
waking
priming
preparing
prewarning
premonishing
admonishing
dissuading
forboding
portending
telegraphing
tipping off
giving notice
putting on guard
waving a red flag
giving fair warning
putting on the qui vive
alerting about
cautioning about
giving advance warning
putting on the alert
tipping the wink
warning in advance
putting wise
putting wise to
tipping off about
giving the high sign
cluing in about
pulling one's coat
putting in the picture about
tipping someone the wink about
putting a bug in one's ear
notifying
telling
signaling
US
signalling
UK
arousing
clueing in
drawing attention to
waving flag
putting in the picture
waking one up to
putting you on your guard
bracing
readying
steeling
strengthening
fortifying
poising
nerving
forearming
giving advance notice
psyching up
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something)
prodding
reminding
prompting
advising
alerting
cautioning
informing
mentioning
notifying
telling
tipping
warning
flagging
forewarning
noting
stressing
hinting to
clueing in
tipping off
signaling to
helping someone remember
putting wise
giving a cue to
giving someone a cue
refreshing memory
causing someone to remember
helping you remember
making you remember
jogging your memory
nudging
cueing
assisting
feeding
coaching
helping out
refreshing the memory
indicating to
Verb
▲
Present participle for to state one's intention to take hostile and retributive action against someone
threatening
warning
cautioning
forewarning
blackmailing
comminating
spooking
making threat
making threats against
making threats to
threatening to harm
shaking fist at
issuing threats to
threatening to kill
flexing muscles
looking daggers
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