alarmingly

adverb

Definition of alarminglynext
as in disturbingly

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Recent Examples of alarmingly Temperature records have been smashed across Europe this summer as countries are hit by heat waves which are bringing extreme temperatures alarmingly early in the year. — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 10 July 2026 American healthcare has alarmingly normalized systemic failures, turning patients into de facto system integrators who must carry their own medical records due to a lack of interoperability. — Sachin H. Jain, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 And, most alarmingly, Nick’s home doesn’t belong to him — and his wife and daughter aren’t there. — Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026 The watchlist for the next Medallia is growing but not alarmingly long. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 18 June 2026 For a show about two aspiring comedians who treated pop-culture trivia as a blood sport and regarded every social interaction as an opportunity for judgment, Difficult People has aged alarmingly well. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2026 But the emotional distance between them grows alarmingly large—a gap that Jack becomes desperate to close. — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 15 June 2026 But the agency warned in its annual report Thursday that 118 million people who had to flee their homes or nations is still alarmingly high. — ABC News, 11 June 2026 There is a timelessness to Margaret’s writing and world-building — the details of her worlds feel both ancient and nostalgic and also alarmingly immediate. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 4 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alarmingly
  1. disturbingly
  2. distressingly
  3. unsettlingly
  4. disgustingly
  5. annoyingly
  6. irritatingly
  7. awfully
  8. terribly
Adverb
  • Antonelli’s main title rival this season, George Russell, was down in fifth after another disturbingly familiar race for him, too.
    — Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 7 July 2026
  • Perhaps most disturbingly, there’s a short sequence of a massive pink bunny vaporizing people with its laser eyes.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Definition of disturbingly
Adverb
  • The event was halted after an hour due to fears about her safety, which distressingly encapsulates a tension that the trans Mayan artist has navigated for years.
    — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026
  • The basic themes of Hearst’s life and the novels that dramatize it remain distressingly relevant.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
Definition of distressingly
Adverb
  • The Marriage Bed by Tommy Hays After a heated argument with his wife Betsy, Asheville, North Carolina, poetry professor Asa Flowers spends his first night apart from her in decades, only to wake to a world quietly and unsettlingly changed.
    — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 19 June 2026
  • Griffin’s blue eyes are unsettlingly bright.
    — Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Definition of unsettlingly
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  • High-level players will basically always be in a drift—even during straightaways—to seize every opportunity to boost, just like people who were disgustingly good at Mario Kart DS back in the day.
    — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The next morning, Park awakes hung over before disgustingly scoffing down a handful of salmon off a caterer's serving tray.
    — Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
Definition of disgustingly
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  • Not a massive issue, by any means, but annoyingly repetitive.
    — Joe Salas June 28, New Atlas, 28 June 2026
  • That’s an annoyingly solid entry, as well as being our first to use each of their first three pick slots.
    — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 26 June 2026
Definition of annoyingly
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  • Such politicians viewed literature as subversive, irritatingly highbrow, and—like socialism—suspiciously European.
    — Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Aaron, with divine intervention, turns the dust of the land into gnats that irritatingly cover humans and animals throughout Egypt.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
Definition of irritatingly
Adverb
  • Right now, though, ripe, honey-tart peaches with soft goat cheese would be awfully good with the last sips of a Chenin Blanc.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • This could be described as assertive or confident clothing, all of the designer’s work achieves drama while in its exceptionally flattering fit, and which somehow still looks and feels awfully comfortable.
    — Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of awfully
Adverb
  • The reputations of our decent and hard-working journalists were terribly impugned, and today they have been exonerated.
    — K.J. Yossman, Variety, 7 July 2026
  • Your assumption of my competence, while gracious, would be terribly misguided.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
Definition of terribly

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“Alarmingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alarmingly. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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