alarming

alarming is a 8-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Alarm. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 15 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. present participle. of Alarm
2. adjective. Exciting, or calculated to excite, alarm; causing apprehension of danger; as, an alarming crisis or report. -- A*larm"ing*ly, adv.
3. adjective. frightening because of an awareness of danger

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in alarming:

marginal

Common word forms

alarm, alarmingly, alarmingness

Words from these letters

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