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Adjective
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Ninety minutes of hilariously grotesque mayhem.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
19 Oct. 2025 -
Alex casually informing a family friend that their son will take the fall for Paul’s sin is clearly grotesque behavior.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Oct. 2025
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Someone may have had the impulse to say something despicable about the assassination of Kirk or expressed some repulsive attitudes towards a particular group of people that warranted social pressure.—
Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
17 Sep. 2025
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Parasites are repulsive enough in the wild, but coming across one in your food takes the gross-out factor to a whole other level.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
8 Sep. 2025
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Just look at Michael Dougherty's Trick 'r Treat, an anthology that quickly became a seasonal favorite with the help of Sam, a monstrous (and adorable) trick-or-treater wearing a burlap sack over his head.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Oct. 2025
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Shohei Ohtani hit three monstrous home runs, which traveled over 400 feet each, and also recorded 10 strikeouts while delivering six shutout innings.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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Here, see the real-life The Twits cast side-by-side with their hilariously hideous animated counterparts.—
Jane LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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The Jets did precious little against the hideous Dallas defense and, on the other side of the ball, allowed scoring drives of 90 and 91 yards.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Often, one of the pair is more offensive or box-to-box in their profile, with the other being more of a traditional, defensive-minded midfielder whose strengths are to break up opposition attacks.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Many criticized that Bell's words seemed to downplay domestic violence, which was particularly offensive during Domestic Violence Awareness month.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Oct. 2025
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But Montgomery also insisted that Billy get a more complex backstory that helped explain his repugnant behavior, especially toward Max and Lucas in the second season.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
16 Oct. 2025
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But Rieff also invokes sickness in another sense, denoting that which is morally repugnant.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Considering that Rebecca and Noah’s mom, Bina (Tovah Feldshuh), came off as equally unpleasant, Foster, Konner, and Kaplan kind of had to retool the character.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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Despite being so unpleasant, hemorrhoid complications are surprisingly common.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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Among the thousands of Halloween attractions offering frightful fun throughout the country right now, there is one experience with scares that stand above the rest.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
23 Oct. 2025
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Candy, costumes, pumpkin patches — the costs of fall fun can be positively frightful.—
Amber Roberson,
Nashville Tennessean,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Ogreish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ogreish. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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