disturbingly

adverb

Definition of disturbinglynext
as in alarmingly

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Recent Examples of disturbingly 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 The road to that disturbingly phallic Jules Rimet trophy inevitably goes through Spain, France, England, Belgium, Portugal, Croatia, Germany, and a bunch of others. — Filip Bondy, New York Daily News, 10 June 2026 Henry is a very tough movie, built on disturbingly casual violence and a characterization of the title character that is uniquely bleak even by horror standards. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026 Death threats directed toward athletes have become disturbingly frequent. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026 Olof is disturbingly sane, but there is not a sentimental bone in his body. — Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026 Indeed, the most recent exchanges of fire have demonstrated just how disturbingly successful Hezbollah has been in rebuilding its capabilities. — Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026 Trump has been disturbingly clear that this isn’t about creating better elections. — Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disturbingly
  1. alarmingly
  2. unsettlingly
  3. distressingly
  4. disgustingly
  5. annoyingly
  6. irritatingly
  7. awfully
  8. terribly
Adverb
  • 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
Definition of alarmingly
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
  • 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
  • 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
Adverb
  • 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
  • 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
  • His game didn't look deplorable in the Scottish Open, just a matter of not hitting it terribly close and not making many putts and then moving on.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
  • For them, getting their citizenship wasn’t terribly difficult.
    — Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026
Definition of terribly

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