ALARMING


Meaning of ALARMING in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

an alarming rate

The alarming rate of increase in pollution levels has concerned environmentalists.

an alarming/worrying/disturbing trend

I have detected a worrying trend of late.

with alarming frequency

Businesses come and go with alarming frequency .

with alarming/increasing etc regularity

Our team kept losing with monotonous regularity in a way that seems boring or annoying .

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

more

In a different and much more alarming category is the fate of the Soviet industry.

■ NOUN

rate

Fuel is needed if you want to stay in the air because the Epical engines consume fuel at an alarming rate .

Wicker waste paper baskets and bathroom sponges are guaranteed to be disintegrated at an alarming rate if left in the open.

Fashions change at an alarming rate and at any given time experts hold differing views.

Counterfeiting is a multi million pound industry and all the signs are that it's growing at an alarming rate .

Car use is increasing at an alarming rate .

Jobs are now disappearing at an alarming rate .

Mark Moore seems to be shedding vocalists at an alarming rate .

In its report titled the Lost Land published today, it claims our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Agricultural open space is disappearing at an alarming rate.

An alarming number of young girls are worried about their weight.

an alarming rise in crime

Baggage seems to go missing with alarming frequency on these flights.

Even more alarming is the increase in child porn sites on the Internet.

It's alarming to think how many people are at risk.

The epidemic is spreading at an alarming rate.

The young girls she treats in alarming numbers are the victims of broken homes and parental neglect.

There are no easy answers to the alarming number of mass killings taking place in our cities.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Closer co-operation is needed to check an alarming trend.

Counterfeiting is a multi million pound industry and all the signs are that it's growing at an alarming rate.

Decisions can have alarming consequences and non-decisions can be fatal.

Despite this rather alarming fact, essential oils are harmless to skin if used correctly as advocated in this book.

Fuel is needed if you want to stay in the air because the Epical engines consume fuel at an alarming rate.

In its report titled the Lost Land published today, it claims our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate.

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