ODIOUSLY Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

odiously

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The 1970s were thick with New Age spiritual fads and movements, from the benign (crystals) to the unspeakably toxic and cultic (Jonestown).

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026
The Avs became a group of falling stars, going splat and getting swept by the Golden Knights in an unspeakably awful series.

— Troy Renck, Denver Post, 27 May 2026

Definition of unspeakably

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The Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office charged Hernandez Santana, 65, with firing a gun into an inhabited building, assault with a semi-automatic firearm and firing a gun in a grossly negligent manner.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Given that for every 40 papers showing statistical evidence of AI usage in 2025, only one formally disclosed it, these figures likely grossly underestimate LLM involvement today.

— Benjamin Skuse, IEEE Spectrum, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of grossly

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The group had been considering revoking the endorsement of the council member over her views on Israel, which some considered insufficiently tough.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
At an October debate, Bass pointed out that Raman, as chair of the city council’s housing and homelessness committee, had repeatedly approved spending on Inside Safe, the very program Raman now criticizes as expensive and insufficiently accountable.

— Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of insufficiently

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Polls that seemed staid and reliable have since proved flagrantly inaccurate.

— Steven John, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2026
Even for an agency that has been accused by multiple federal judges of flagrantly violating the law, actually deporting American citizens isn’t so easy.

— Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of flagrantly

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If Sid weren’t on the blocks as a doomed trading piece, then Flyte would have a case as the person most egregiously wronged by Taverner’s mistakes.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
Most egregiously, the central bank began lending directly to the treasury.

— Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of egregiously

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