alarmingly

adverb

Definition of alarminglynext
as in disturbingly

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Recent Examples of alarmingly In a first for France, the blaze alarmingly developed into a self-feeding firestorm on several occasions, most recently on Saturday night, generating lightning bolts that can start new flare-ups, authorities said. — Mark Carlson, Fortune, 27 July 2026 In a first for France, the blaze alarmingly developed into a self-feeding firestorm on several occasions, most recently on Saturday night, generating lightning bolts with the potential to start new fires, authorities said. — Mark Carlson, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026 Some of those fees include future work that lawyers will do to distribute funds, and some authors argued that lawyers’ projections for time spent were alarmingly inflated. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026 Jockeys don’t fare all that much better, as freelancers in a job with alarmingly high injury rates. — Rebecca Egan McCarthy, New Yorker, 21 July 2026 Those with more modest means are falling further behind and, perhaps most alarmingly, finding fewer pathways to the economic mobility that has helped define the American dream. — Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 16 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alarmingly
  1. disturbingly
  2. distressingly
  3. unsettlingly
  4. disgustingly
  5. annoyingly
  6. irritatingly
  7. awfully
  8. terribly
Adverb
  • The show ran for three seasons starting in 2012, airing on NBC despite being one of the most disturbingly violent television series ever at that point, particularly in Hannibal’s display of his victims.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of disturbingly
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  • The movie’s strongest sequences provide the all-too-rare sensation of truly not being able to believe your eyes, as the film’s most fantastical elements feel distressingly real.
    — Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 17 July 2026
  • 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
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
Adverb
  • 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
Adverb
  • 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
  • Winning the European title in two years’ time would go an awfully long way to doing that, and the FA’s job here is to make decisions based on what is going to get the best out of the players, not how the public feels.
    — The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 16 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of awfully
Adverb
  • Unfortunately, decisions aren’t terribly effective today and according to Gartner 72% of executives say that bad decisions are as prevalent as good ones.
    — Tracy Brower, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Given that humans at OpenAI had decided to turn off some safeguards for the test, some have argued the outcome should not have been terribly surprising.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
Definition of terribly

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“Alarmingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alarmingly. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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