DISGUSTINGLY Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

disgustingly

adverb

as in annoyingly

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Recent Examples of disgustingly 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 Free speech has become a major liability in a disgustingly litigious society. — Jesse Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025 These include those who disgustingly celebrated the murder of Brian Thompson and all but beatified his alleged assassin, and those who made light of and mocked the attack on Pelosi’s family and the Minnesota lawmakers. — Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025 Here, the Canadian auteur began to rewrite, or define altogether, body horror, and Shivers finds him at his most disgustingly wacky. — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 13 Sep. 2025 The value of the floating pound sank disgustingly, and this strategy was soon abandoned. — Nathan Lewis, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025 After Jeremiah gets disgustingly drunk at his bachelor party, Conrad finds out that Jeremiah cheated on Belly in Cabo. — Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025 Florida, disgustingly, would be next. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for disgustingly

Adverb

The spike in oil prices has reignited inflation concerns and punished the average consumer via soaring gasoline prices at the pump and annoyingly high airfares.

— Garth Friesen, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Not a massive issue, by any means, but annoyingly repetitive.

— Joe Salas June 28, New Atlas, 28 June 2026

Definition of annoyingly

Adverb

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

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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

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CyberGuy has covered similar sextortion emails that use personal details and Google Maps images to make a bluff feel disturbingly personal.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of disturbingly

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Alongside the investigation into Anders’s kidnapping and death, Elsbeth is managing another aspect of her social life and her complicated feelings about a character who’s gone but vexingly unforgettable.

— Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025
But his spasms, vexingly, grew more frequent and severe.

— Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025

Definition of vexingly

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And the book bearing his name is no ancient tome but a slim, spare novel set in an unsettlingly familiar landscape.

— Colin Dwyer, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of unsettlingly

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