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Recent Examples of disgustingly
The next morning, Park awakes hung over before disgustingly scoffing down a handful of salmon off a caterer's serving tray.
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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
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
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Is my daughter getting the message that divorce makes for annoyingly needy kids and sad parents?—
Jean Garnett,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
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That he annoyingly will be known just as a feel-good story for returning from a lengthy injury absence.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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In many ways, Donovan’s story is distressingly familiar.—
Megan Molteni,
STAT,
7 Apr. 2026
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In essence, Bright Lights, Big City, instead of being emotionally provoking and riveting, is distressingly gray and tedious, enlivened only by Fox’s gifted histrionics.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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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
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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
Adverb
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Trump has been disturbingly clear that this isn’t about creating better elections.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
27 Mar. 2026
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Lonely young men on the internet, gun culture, school shootings and a need to be seen are themes colliding in Oscar Boyson‘s disturbingly twisted feature film debut Our Hero, which might just be a little too real to be a comfortable watch for many.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
25 Mar. 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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This is an interesting piece from Wired reporter Will Knight, who describes firsthand how advanced AI models are becoming alarmingly effective at social engineering, recounting a highly personalized phishing attempt generated entirely by the open-source model DeepSeek-V3.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
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The costumes, by Kaye Voyce, are almost alarmingly on target, from Becky’s try-hard dress to Andrew’s fuzzy orange cardigan.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
16 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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On the season premiere of It Happened in Hollywood, director Lynne Littman and star Jane Alexander, nominated for an Oscar for her performance, revisit the film’s enduring impact, offering a deeply personal look at a project that still feels unsettlingly urgent.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Mar. 2026
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Disappearances are still unsettlingly high.—
Angélica Durán-Martínez,
The Conversation,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Disgustingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disgustingly. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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