Definition of Alarming

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Definition of Alarming
	Alarming of Alarm Exciting, or calculated to excite, alarm; causing apprehension of danger; as, an alarming crisis or report. -- Alarm"ingly, adv. Related Definitions: Alarm, Alarming, An, Apprehension, As, Calculated, Causing, Crisis, Danger, Excite, Exciting, Ing, Of, Or, Report, To

Alarming Quotations

Of all the nasty outcomes predicted for women's liberation... none was more alarming, from a feminist point of view, than the suggestion that women would eventually become just like men.
Barbara Ehrenreich

Shockingly, a University of Pennsylvania study says the number of young people addicted to gambling - largely due to increased exposure to the Internet and Internet gambling - grew by an alarming 20 percent between 2004 and 2005 alone.
Spencer Bachus

Startling, and alarming to many, is the conclusion that follows from these data that if all people were treated the same, most average race differences would not disappear.
J. Philippe Rushton

Why are ecologists and environmentalists so feared and hated? This is because in part what they have to say is new to the general public, and the new is always alarming.
Garrett Hardin

However, in recent years our nation has seen a sizable influx of illegal immigration that at best highlights some alarming inadequacies and at worst indicates a broken system.
Spencer Bachus

Recent studies have revealed that children 8-10 years old are being diagnosed with Type II diabetes, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure at an alarming rate.
Lee Haney

I'm very new to the industry. I'm not on the Billboard 200 and that is alarming to me. But when I sat down with my management they said it's not a big deal and that it happens all the time.
Justin Guarini

The committee's finding that China stole sensitive technology from U.S. weapons research labs is alarming.
Charles Foster Bass

Mr. Speaker, our Nation must no longer be complacent about underage drinking and its alarming consequences. We must bring this national public health crisis out of the shadow and into the bright light of a national priority.
Lucille Roybal-Allard

The writer catches the changes of his mind on the hop. Growth is exciting; growth is dynamic and alarming. Growth of the soul, growth of the mind.
Vita Sackville-West

Alarming Translations

alarming in German is alarmierend, besorgniserregend
alarming in Spanish is alarmante, anheloso

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