alarming
US: /əˈɫɑɹmɪŋ/
UK: /ɐlˈɑːmɪŋ/
UK: /ɐlˈɑːmɪŋ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
alarming /ə'lɑ:miɳ/
- tính từ
- làm lo sợ, làm sợ hãi, làm hốt hoảng, làm hoảng sợ
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
causing worry and fear: an alarming increase in the number of cases of skin cancer + The rainforests are disappearing at an alarming rate.
alarmingly adverb: Prices have risen alarmingly.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 warning, alert, danger- or distress-signal; tocsin, bell, gong, siren, whistle, horn:
At the approach of the storm, the lookouts gave the alarm. The alarm is set to wake me at four o'clock.
2 fear, fright, apprehension, dismay, trepidation, terror, dread, anxiety, excitement, panic, consternation, distress, nervousness, uneasiness, discomfort:
He viewed with alarm the arrest of his next-door neighbours.
v.
3 frighten, scare, daunt, startle, terrify, panic; unnerve, dismay, disturb, upset:
She was alarmed at the news of the car crash. Don't be alarmed - such delays are quite normal.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
be, seem | find sth
I find the prospect of being without work extremely alarming.
ADV.
extremely, particularly, very | faintly, a little, quite, rather, slightly
Concise English dictionary
alarms|alarmed|alarmingə'lɑːm
noun
+fear resulting from the awareness of danger
+a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
+an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
+a clock that wakes sleeper at preset time
verb
+fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
+warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
