alarming

Questions about alarming

What does alarming mean?

alarming means "frightening because of an awareness of danger".

How many syllables are in alarming?

alarming has 3 syllables: a-lar-ming. The stress falls on "lar". In IPA it is /əˈlɑɹmɪŋ/.

What is the opposite of alarming?

The recorded antonyms are unalarming.

Is alarming a common word?

alarming is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.