alarming

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
  2. verb warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
  3. adjective frightening because of an awareness of danger

Synonyms

dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify

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