horridly

Definition of horridlynext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horridly
Adverb
  • Bradfords are horribly invasive.
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2026
  • But when their thesis moves from the academic to the experimental, things go horribly wrong.
    Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • All told, the destructive flooding killed at least 136 people along a several-mile stretch of the river, raising questions about how things went so terribly wrong.
    Jim Vertuno, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Things aren’t going terribly well as of late for the Prius.
    Joel Feder, The Drive, 8 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • More than anything, this documentary is dreadfully dull.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 11 Mar. 2026
  • That’s another company with a stock that acts dreadfully.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 25 Jan. 2026
Adverb
  • Charging over $100 for a short train ride sounds awfully high to me.
    Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The result is that these Iranian characters, when talking among themselves in their native tongue, sound awfully like Americans having a conversation in the mall or at a nearby table at a restaurant.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • This way, the white people are exposed treating the Indigenous people horrendously — putting clothes on them, taking pictures without permission and treating them without respect.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Taking just the bare stats into consideration, Rooney's managerial career has been defined by a horrendously low win rate, but that is in addition to a spate of embarrassing off-field antics.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Democrats appallingly gamed the system early on by inserting their activists (rather than fair-minded community members) on the map-drawing panels.
    Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 12 Oct. 2025
  • But the rest of the movie is straight-faced, as though its story of two reckless sociopaths vying to destroy the world in their respective modes weren’t appallingly depressing.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • The rungs were slippery with rain, and the bridge wobbled sickeningly with each step.
    Robert Moor, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The nu-metal tribute to the late right-wing activist is deeply catchy and sickeningly soppy, like Creed but a lot worse.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2025
Adverb
  • Trump has been disturbingly clear that this isn’t about creating better elections.
    Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026
  • 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
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“Horridly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horridly. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.

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