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alarmante — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • alarming adjective Causing worry or fear; disturbing enough to make people take notice.
  • dire adj Extremely serious or urgent, often warning of disaster.
  • frightening adj Causing fear; scary.
  • startling adj Surprising enough to shock or alarm; unexpected and striking.

Senses

alarmante is used for these senses in English:

  • alarming Causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening.
  • dire Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
  • frightening Causing fear; or capable of causing fear; scary.
  • startling Likely to startle; surprising; shocking.

dire — full definition

  1. adj Extremely serious or urgent, often warning of disaster.
  2. adj (informal) Extremely bad in quality.

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