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Unsteady vs Alarming - What's the difference?

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Unsteady is a related term of alarming.


As adjectives the difference between unsteady and alarming

is that unsteady is not held firmly in position, physically unstable while alarming is causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening.

As verbs the difference between unsteady and alarming

is that unsteady is to render unsteady, removing balance while alarming is .

unsteady

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Not held firmly in position, physically unstable.
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  • *:"Mid-Lent, and the Enemy grins," remarked Selwyn as he started for church with Nina and the children. Austin, knee-deep in a dozen Sunday supplements, refused to stir; poor little Eileen was now convalescent from grippe, but still unsteady on her legs; her maid had taken the grippe, and now moaned all day:"
  • Noted for lack of regularity or uniformity.
  • Inconstant in purpose, or volatile in behavior.

    • Synonyms

    * (not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over) precarious, rickety, shaky, tottering, unsafe, unstable, wobbly

    Antonyms

    * steady

    Verb

  • To render unsteady, removing balance.

    • alarming

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening

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