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Recent Examples of reptilian
Like aging copper, the Yarrow’s spiny lizard’s reptilian skin fades from gold to bluish-green.
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Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 22 Nov. 2025
The model and entrepreneur, who is friends with designer Amina Muaddi, chose the shoes to accent an ensemble including a semisheer midi skirt with a reptilian-like glittering green design with a black blouse partially open and revealing a black bralette.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 12 Nov. 2025
The inverted heel makes the foot literally float, and the shoe is further elevated with its reptilian print in gray tones (another trend of the season).
—María Diez, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2025
For researchers, including Georgetown University chemist Jennifer Swift, analyzing reptilian pee crystals presented an opportunity to potentially improve or possibly save human lives.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 22 Oct. 2025
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Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 22 Nov. 2025
The model and entrepreneur, who is friends with designer Amina Muaddi, chose the shoes to accent an ensemble including a semisheer midi skirt with a reptilian-like glittering green design with a black blouse partially open and revealing a black bralette.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 12 Nov. 2025
The inverted heel makes the foot literally float, and the shoe is further elevated with its reptilian print in gray tones (another trend of the season).
—María Diez, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2025
For researchers, including Georgetown University chemist Jennifer Swift, analyzing reptilian pee crystals presented an opportunity to potentially improve or possibly save human lives.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reptilian
Adjective
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Or what would be attractive or repulsive to a researcher.—
Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
5 Jan. 2026
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Researchers gained clues as to why some people taking GLP-1 drugs experience shifts in their favorite foods—suddenly finding meats repulsive or fried foods too heavy.—
Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
23 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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This revolting behavior is not limited to the media.—
Brooke L. Rollins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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The many physically revolting and morally repellent acts that ensue amount to little but a gross-out joke.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The medical ordeals are traumatic and disgusting, but fascinating and full of the quirks of modern life.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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Having snow, slush, and (eventually) water all over my floors was a disgusting feeling.—
Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano,
The Spruce,
7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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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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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,
7 Dec. 2025
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The statement infuriated some members of the LGBTQ+ community — a sizable segment of her fan base — for whom Kirk was a loathsome and dangerous figure.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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No matter how detestable the overthrown governments may be, precedents show that regime changes lead neither to democracy nor to peace, but to chaos, civil war and dictatorship.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
3 Jan. 2026
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Since season 1, Steve has evolved from detestable jock to one of the series’ most beloved and protective figures.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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With a wild-card playoff berth secured, zero chance to win the AFC East title and the Jets among the most abominable teams of the 21st century, the Bills’ lineup was loaded with backups.—
Tim Graham,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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Who would ever buy that abominable lightning-bolt conference table?—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Thompson, meanwhile, savors every contemptuous glare and hateful retort Anna regularly supplies.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
8 Jan. 2026
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At best, both Labour and the Conservatives have spent political capital on an activist who has repeatedly expressed thoughtless and hateful views in public.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Reptilian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reptilian. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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