All alarming synonyms
a·larm·ing
A a adj alarming
- distressing — great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
- startling — creating sudden alarm, surprise, or wonder; astonishing.
- dangerous — If something is dangerous, it is able or likely to hurt or harm you.
- disquieting — Archaic. uneasy; disquieted.
- disturbing — upsetting or disquieting; dismaying: a disturbing increase in the crime rate.
- frightening — to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
- frightful — such as to cause fright; dreadful, terrible, or alarming: A frightful howl woke us.
adjective alarming
- upsetting — overturned: an upset milk pail.
- shocking — causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc.
- worrying — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
- terrifying — to fill with terror or alarm; make greatly afraid.