alarming
Definitions
Adjective
- Frightening because of an awareness of danger
Verb
- Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
- Warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "alarming".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | alarmingly | 4 | 2 |
| 2 | alarming | 3 | 1 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "alarming".
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "alarming".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | farming | 2 | 16 |
| 2 | alarm | 2 | 16 |
| 3 | warming | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | glaring | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | flaming | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | flaring | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | alarmingly | 4 | 2 |
| 8 | calming | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | blaming | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | blaring | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | alamein | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | arming | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | leaming | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | lamping | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | lambing | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | harming | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | algarin | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | acclaiming | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | laing | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | armin | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "alarming" in a sentence.
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Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "alarming" in a sentence.
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Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "alarming" in the same piece of text.
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "alarming".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 3
Fragments: 2
Sound Alikes: 125
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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