SICKENINGLY Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

sickeningly

adverb

Definition of sickeningly

as in terribly

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Recent Examples of sickeningly The cutesy, 16-bit pets come as Meta pushes a sickeningly sweet mascot and small Charm gadgets for its Muse AI agent. — Robert Hart, The Verge, 28 Oct. 2026 And yet, Paul can’t help but impose and offend, making even his expertise in home security sickeningly useless. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 22 July 2026 The rungs were slippery with rain, and the bridge wobbled sickeningly with each step. — Robert Moor, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026 The nu-metal tribute to the late right-wing activist is deeply catchy and sickeningly soppy, like Creed but a lot worse. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2025

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Even if those numbers aren’t precisely right, the idea that Kucherov asked to be traded suggests the two sides are not terribly close.

— John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2026
But then this is not exactly a grittily realistic flashback, or one terribly concerned with details of historical timeline.

— Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of terribly

Adverb

Old, decaying fruit can get awfully messy, but maybe nature can take it from here, returning it to the soil or offering it up to the animals.

— Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 31 Oct. 2026
The company hopes to make diagnostic testing cheaper and more accessible — a mission that may sound awfully familiar to anyone who followed the rise and fall of Theranos.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of awfully

Adverb

The moment Turek was born in 1979, his parents knew something was horribly wrong.

— Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Nov. 2026
Told from four different perspectives, The Rabbit Hour follows one family’s upstate trip, which becomes horribly derailed when 19-year-old Maja’s wealthy boyfriend mysteriously vanishes.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2026

Definition of horribly

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West Ham are relegated, sorry Spurs survive The odds were stacked against West Ham United beating relegation yesterday and even in a year when Tottenham Hotspur plumbed appallingly abject depths, few clubs deserved it more.

— Phil Hay, New York Times, 25 May 2026
With respect to humor’s inherent subjectivity, the appallingly ugly aesthetics of the AI overwhelm any possible comedic sensibility on display.

— Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 15 May 2026

Definition of appallingly

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Rooms in Blocks 8 and 9 are closest to reception, and the swimming pool, but no walk is dreadfully far (especially considering the interesting animals that meander the pathways).

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Although Yamaha has been dreadfully slow about bringing its motorcycles to India, the R2 made its global debut there this week.

— Yamaha, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of dreadfully

Adverb

The issue of universal coverage is horrendously complicated and the goal is massively expensive.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
The less said about Bryan’s horrendously gauche fuchsia-and-gold dress with puffy armholes and halter neck the better.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 31 July 2026

Definition of horrendously

Adverb

Those copious field reports, sworn affidavits, and telegrams signed, alarmingly, HOOVER, would fascinate, enrage, and unmoor me.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
The most infamous alignment risk experiment was one Anthropic conducted in early 2025, in which the company’s researchers found evidence that Claude and other leading AI models were alarmingly fond of blackmail.

— Kevin Roose, Vanity Fair, 7 Oct. 2026

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