English-Dutch translations for alarming

• alarmerend
  De humanitaire situatie is alarmerend. The humanitarian situation is alarming.
  Wij weten allemaal hoe alarmerend deze ontwikkeling is. We all know how alarming this development is.
  De situatie is echt alarmerend. The situation is indeed alarming.
• onrustbarend
  Het tempo waarin de uitgaven voor behandeling stijgen, is onrustbarend. Expenditure on their treatment is increasing at an alarming rate.
  De wijdverspreide praktijk van intimidatie, vervolging en veroordeling van journalisten van de oppositie is onrustbarend. The widespread practice of harassment, persecution and conviction of opposition journalists is alarming.
  Op dit moment is er een onrustbarende daling van de aantallen bestuivers, met inbegrip van honingbijen. Today, there is an alarming reduction in the numbers of pollinating insects, including honey bees.
• ontstellend
• schrikbarend
  Die economieën krimpen schrikbarend. These economies are shrinking alarmingly.
  De jeugdwerkloosheid in de EU neemt schrikbarend toe. There has been an alarming rise in the youth unemployment rate in the EU.
  De situatie van de mensenrechten in Tunesië gaat schrikbarend hard achteruit. There has been an alarming decline in the human rights situation in Tunisia.
• zorgwekkend
  Deze situatie is zeer zorgwekkend. The situation is very alarming.
  De toename van dergelijke gevallen is zorgwekkend. Such cases have risen alarmingly.
  Ook daar is de repressie zorgwekkend toegenomen. There too repression has increased alarmingly.

Definition of alarming

• causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening

Related words

• alarmist
• alarmingly
• alarmism
• alarmin