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Recent Examples of disgustingly
Free speech has become a major liability in a disgustingly litigious society.
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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
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
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But for me, the whole process—taking everything off the bed, washing all the pieces, and finding a place to store it all—is annoyingly tedious.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
3 Feb. 2026
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Despite striking a nerve in Beijing and around the world, the product’s concept is annoyingly good.—
Catherine Thorbecke,
Twin Cities,
31 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The pipeline of new antibiotics remains distressingly thin, and most drugs currently in development are structurally similar to existing antibiotics, potentially limiting their effectiveness.—
André O. Hudson,
The Conversation,
21 Jan. 2026
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That can be forgiven thanks to the film’s evocative imagery and the emotional resonance of its central themes, distressingly familiar to anyone who has ever lost themselves in a relationship.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
10 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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No Diego Luna for Best Actor, no Stellan Skarsgård for Best Supporting Actor, no Elizabeth Dulau for Best Supporting Actress, and, most irritatingly of all, no Genevieve O’Reilly for Best Actress.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
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Sennott and her costars speak with an irritatingly fake affect, are shallower than a puddle in the desert and prize selfishness, indolence and artifice.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Watching it now, the performance feels disturbingly prescient, offering a glimpse of the managerial mindset that would eventually reshape American media into a pure war for attention.—
Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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More disturbingly, some MAGA cultural warriors claimed to be disgusted by Bad Bunny’s suggestive dancing and called for his censorship, harking back to the 1950s, when emerging superstar Elvis Presley was shot by TV cameras from the waist up during his appearance at the Ed Sullivan show.—
Ediberto Roman,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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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
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But his spasms, vexingly, grew more frequent and severe.—
Tao Lin,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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But mostly, the Elvis of EPiC is almost alarmingly alive.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
20 Feb. 2026
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These messages feel alarmingly real, and that's not an accident.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
18 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Otherwise, the streets are unsettlingly quiet.—
Vivian Song,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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In these 2-foot-square pictures, long-haired nude female figures in close Edenic companionship with wild beasts poke their heads out from behind lush tropical foliage, and stare, unsettlingly, straight outward.—
Benjamin Lima,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Disgustingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disgustingly. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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