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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Exciting, or calculated to excite, alarm; causing apprehension of danger;

as, an

alarming

crisis or report

. – A*larm"ing*ly, adv.

ppr.

Giving notice of approaching danger; rousing to vigilance; exciting solicitude by a prospect of evil.

Adj.

Exciting apprehension; terrifying; awakening a sense of danger; as, an alarming message.