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Recent Examples of reptilian
He is subjected to constant humiliation by hotel management, particularly the waiter-turned-hotel director Osip, played to reptilian perfection by Johnny Harris.
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Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Among the most significant mysteries of the end-Triassic extinction, however, is why dinosaurs and pterosaurs fared so much better than so many of their reptilian neighbors.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
The rancorous, reptilian, essentially unknowable right—rising from the wastes like Trump, Putin, or Sauron—receives the Promethean gift of historical agency.
—Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Character arcs are largely under wraps, but early footage has shown the return of reptilian bad guys the Gorn, and Pike, Uhura, La'an, and Chapel being turned into Vulcans.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 30 Dec. 2024
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Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Among the most significant mysteries of the end-Triassic extinction, however, is why dinosaurs and pterosaurs fared so much better than so many of their reptilian neighbors.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
The rancorous, reptilian, essentially unknowable right—rising from the wastes like Trump, Putin, or Sauron—receives the Promethean gift of historical agency.
—Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Character arcs are largely under wraps, but early footage has shown the return of reptilian bad guys the Gorn, and Pike, Uhura, La'an, and Chapel being turned into Vulcans.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 30 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reptilian
Adjective
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Alongside that, the strong nuclear force is repulsive between neutrons, which keeps them from squeezing together even more.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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One is repulsive: Two particles or two cells can’t physically occupy the same space at the same time.—
Carrie Arnold,
Quanta Magazine,
21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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How does this happen, no matter how revolting or nonsensical the trend can be?—
Daniel Hernandez,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Oct. 2022
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These highly emotional sequences are less riveting and more revolting as they’re primarily used to add shock value, graphically depicting their triggering subject matter.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
6 Oct. 2022
Adjective
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Police call fake GoFundMe page 'disgusting' Concord Police Capt. Brian Goldman said police are investigating.—
Norman Miller,
USA Today,
7 May 2025
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But where was the anger from Erik Spoelstra in his post-game news conference about this disgusting performance?—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Most people would find a neighbor who purposefully starves and tortures their dogs morally repugnant.—
Jen Cole Wright,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
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The reported accession of Geier isn’t the only indication of how the department, whose programs were until recently celebrated as the gold standard of government science, has become a haven of a repugnant anti-science mythmaking and a threat to public health.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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If going through boxes is a particularly loathsome task, set a timer once a week for 30 minutes to start hacking away one cardboard box at a time.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
26 Jan. 2025
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Thune also often praises wind energy—a booming industry in his home state—even though Trump considers turbines loathsome eyesores.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Remember Paul Reiser's detestable Carter Burke in Aliens?—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Top-notch casting is the cherry on top, with Lily James as the supremely likable Cinderella, Richard Madden as her down-to-earth prince, Cate Blanchett as the detestable stepmother with her own imperfect backstory, and Helena Bonham Carter as one lovably flighty fairy godmother.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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To fund Geneviève’s idea, she’s arranged for cash from an abominable source: Crispin Shamblee (Simon Callow), a fellow dance devotee with a limitless checkbook and zero morals.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
24 Apr. 2025
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The basic problem with some conservatives' embrace of this man is that Andrew Tate is an abominable human being.—
Newsweek,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Coupled with his hateful rhetoric, threats, lies, erratic policies, trampling of the Constitution and abnormal fascination with childish superlatives, tyrannical figures and Soviet-era style military parades, there’s much to be concerned about.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
11 May 2025
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Despite the hateful rhetoric from left-wing Democrats fighting Trump’s efforts, Trump and his dream team won’t back down.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2025
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“Reptilian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reptilian. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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