Difference between Alarming and Dismaying

ALARMING vs DISMAYING: NOUN

Frightening because of an awareness of danger
Causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening
Exciting, or calculated to excite, alarm; causing apprehension of danger. -- A*larm"ing*ly, adv.
Causing alarm or fear

Ghastly, Horrific, Dreadful, Terrifying, Chilling, Grim, Scary, Horrendous, Dire, Dismaying, Unnerving, Horrifying, Ominous, Appalling, Frightening

Surprising, Troubling, Disconcerting, Daunting, Staggering, Discouraging, Disappointing, Dismal, Grim, Distressing, Disquieting, Shocking, Disheartening, Alarming, Appalling

Ghastly, Horrific, Dreadful, Terrifying, Chilling, Grim, Scary, Horrendous, Dire, Dismaying, Unnerving, Horrifying, Ominous, Appalling, Frightening

Surprising, Troubling, Disconcerting, Daunting, Staggering, Discouraging, Disappointing, Dismal, Grim, Distressing, Disquieting, Shocking, Disheartening, Alarming, Appalling

But for me, it is an alarming indicator.
Losing your child is actually a alarming prospect.
Online porn is growing at an alarming amount.
Google search also would have yielded alarming results.
Corso says conversion cases are the most alarming.
Budget data revealed an alarming state of affairs.
Other reports followed, still more emphatic and alarming.
This was very surprising and alarming to us.
It was alarming to suppose that that thing was perhaps dead; and still more alarming to think that it was perhaps alive.
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It was dismaying, if not surprising, that law enforcement seemed slow to wonder whether Jake Millison had been the victim of a crime.
It is quite dismaying to see the massive new flood protection work being executed without any urban design or aesthetic considerations.
Sometimes those conflicts have manifested in dismaying and unpleasant behavior against which I, too, have railed.
He brought in a survey team, whose report, though often dismaying, reminded the university community of its buried wealth.
I think it would be an instructive discussion, and also very dismaying and depressing.
Because the most dismaying thing about the election is not Trump himself.
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That they could peel away so easilywas surprising and dismaying.
But the black story, however dismaying, is old news.
States have tried other drug combinations with dismaying results.