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alarming

verb
/əˈlɑːm.ɪŋ/UK/əˈlɑɹm.ɪŋ/US

Definitions

  1. present participle and gerund of alarm

  2. Causing apprehension, fear or alarm

    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.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for alarming. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA