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Recent Examples of irritatingly
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.
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
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
People had called that earlier model irritatingly sycophantic, and the Raines would later suggest in their lawsuit that this quality had contributed to their son’s attachment to it.
—Vauhini Vara, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2025
Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
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
People had called that earlier model irritatingly sycophantic, and the Raines would later suggest in their lawsuit that this quality had contributed to their son’s attachment to it.
—Vauhini Vara, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for irritatingly
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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Free speech has become a major liability in a disgustingly litigious society.—
Jesse Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025
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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
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
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The club is also overflowing with depth starters while remaining alarmingly short on traditional relievers.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
8 Feb. 2026
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Night sweats are alarmingly common, affecting up to 41% of the population, and people between the ages of 41 and 55 are the most susceptible.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Jan. 2026
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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
Cite this Entry
“Irritatingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irritatingly. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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