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Associations of "Alarming" (30 Words)
| appall | Strike with disgust or revulsion. |
| atrocious | Provoking horror- Winston Churchill. Atrocious cruelties. |
| chilling | The process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature. A chilling account of the prisoners fate. |
| consternation | Fear resulting from the awareness of danger. To her consternation her car wouldn t start. |
| diabolical | Showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil. A singer with an absolutely diabolical voice. |
| dreadful | Causing fear or dread or terror. You re a dreadful flirt. |
| fearfulness | The trait of being afraid. |
| fearsome | Causing fear or dread or terror. The cat mewed displaying a fearsome set of teeth. |
| formidable | Inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable. A formidable opponent. |
| frightening | The act of inspiring with fear. A frightening experience. |
| frightful | Used for emphasis, especially of something bad. A frightful mistake. |
| frustration | An act of hindering someone’s plans or efforts. The frustration of their wishes. |
| ghastly | Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror. The weather was ghastly. |
| grisly | Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror. The town was shaken by a series of grisly crimes. |
| gruesome | Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror. The most gruesome murder. |
| hellish | Very unpleasant. Hellish weather. |
| hideous | Extremely unpleasant. A hideous pattern of injustice. |
| horrible | Provoking horror. A horrible massacre. |
| horrific | Causing horror. Horrific injuries. |
| horrifying | Provoking horror. A horrifying incident. |
| horror | Something that inspires horror something horrible. To her horror she found that a thief had stolen the machine. |
| macabre | Disturbing because concerned with or causing a fear of death. Macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages. |
| panic | Drive someone through panic into hasty action. He caused an economic panic by his sudden resignation. |
| scary | Frightening; causing fear. A scary movie. |
| spooky | Sinister or ghostly in a way that causes fear and unease. I bet this place is really spooky late at night. |
| terrible | Extremely unpleasant or disagreeable. The weather was terrible. |
| terrifying | Causing extreme terror. A terrifying wail. |
| terror | Terrorism. He was the terror of the neighborhood. |
| unsightly | Unpleasant to look at; ugly. An unsightly rubbish tip. |
