alarming

alarming has 3 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• p. pr. & vb. n.. of Alarm
• a.. Exciting, or calculated to excite, alarm; causing apprehension of danger; as, an alarming crisis or report. -- A*larm"ing*ly, adv.
• a.. frightening because of an awareness of danger