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allarming

allarming is the obsolete spelling of alarming.

Meaning of alarming

Adjective

alarming (comparative more alarming, superlative most alarming)

  1. Causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening.
    • Another stop at the 731-yard Sharpthorne Tunnel allowed the apprentices to see how a combination of water and a "chemical soup" is destroying the rails at an alarming rate.2024 March 20, Richard Foster, “Vital experience in an open-air classroom”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 60

Forms of allarming

comparativemore allarming
superlativemost allarming

Questions about allarming

What is allarming the obsolete spelling of?
Allarming is the obsolete spelling of alarming.

Words near allarming in the dictionary

  1. allargando
  2. allargentum
  3. allaric
  4. allaric acid
  5. allarme
  6. allarming
  7. allarum
  8. Allasch
  9. Allassac
  10. allassotonic
  11. Allaston

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