UNSETTLINGLY Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

unsettlingly

adverb

as in disturbingly

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Recent Examples of unsettlingly And the book bearing his name is no ancient tome but a slim, spare novel set in an unsettlingly familiar landscape. — Colin Dwyer, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026 The Marriage Bed by Tommy Hays After a heated argument with his wife Betsy, Asheville, North Carolina, poetry professor Asa Flowers spends his first night apart from her in decades, only to wake to a world quietly and unsettlingly changed. — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 19 June 2026 Griffin’s blue eyes are unsettlingly bright. — Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026 Patient arthouse viewers, however, will find much to chew on here as a subtly cerebral film about small bodies unsettlingly, hilariously navigating a big, violent world. — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 25 May 2026 On the season premiere of It Happened in Hollywood, director Lynne Littman and star Jane Alexander, nominated for an Oscar for her performance, revisit the film’s enduring impact, offering a deeply personal look at a project that still feels unsettlingly urgent. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 17 Mar. 2026 Disappearances are still unsettlingly high. — Angélica Durán-Martínez, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2026 Otherwise, the streets are unsettlingly quiet. — Vivian Song, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026 In these 2-foot-square pictures, long-haired nude female figures in close Edenic companionship with wild beasts poke their heads out from behind lush tropical foliage, and stare, unsettlingly, straight outward. — Benjamin Lima, Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026

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CyberGuy has covered similar sextortion emails that use personal details and Google Maps images to make a bluff feel disturbingly personal.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026
The show ran for three seasons starting in 2012, airing on NBC despite being one of the most disturbingly violent television series ever at that point, particularly in Hannibal’s display of his victims.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of disturbingly

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Argentine choreographer Gabriela Carrizo makes her debut directing opera and utilizes her alarmingly vibrant Belgian dance company, Peeping Tom.

— Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026
After the high of winning the Premier League title in Slot’s first year in charge, standards slipped alarmingly last term.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 30 July 2026

Definition of alarmingly

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The movie’s strongest sequences provide the all-too-rare sensation of truly not being able to believe your eyes, as the film’s most fantastical elements feel distressingly real.

— Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 17 July 2026
The event was halted after an hour due to fears about her safety, which distressingly encapsulates a tension that the trans Mayan artist has navigated for years.

— Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026

Definition of distressingly

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High-level players will basically always be in a drift—even during straightaways—to seize every opportunity to boost, just like people who were disgustingly good at Mario Kart DS back in the day.

— Adam Ismail, The Drive, 29 Apr. 2026
The next morning, Park awakes hung over before disgustingly scoffing down a handful of salmon off a caterer's serving tray.

— Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026

Definition of disgustingly

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Such politicians viewed literature as subversive, irritatingly highbrow, and—like socialism—suspiciously European.

— Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
Aaron, with divine intervention, turns the dust of the land into gnats that irritatingly cover humans and animals throughout Egypt.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026

Definition of irritatingly

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With tourists who fled in the spring, ongoing economic uncertainty and the cost of literally everything rising, business can slow to a painful trickle, with the season feeling awfully far away.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026
If you’ve been tuned in to new music lately, this guy is going to sound awfully familiar.

— Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026

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