disgustingly

adverb

as in annoyingly

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Recent Examples of disgustingly 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 Free speech has become a major liability in a disgustingly litigious society. — Jesse Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025 These include those who disgustingly celebrated the murder of Brian Thompson and all but beatified his alleged assassin, and those who made light of and mocked the attack on Pelosi’s family and the Minnesota lawmakers. — Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025 Here, the Canadian auteur began to rewrite, or define altogether, body horror, and Shivers finds him at his most disgustingly wacky. — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 13 Sep. 2025 The value of the floating pound sank disgustingly, and this strategy was soon abandoned. — Nathan Lewis, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025 After Jeremiah gets disgustingly drunk at his bachelor party, Conrad finds out that Jeremiah cheated on Belly in Cabo. — Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025 Florida, disgustingly, would be next. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disgustingly
  1. annoyingly
  2. distressingly
  3. irritatingly
  4. disturbingly
  5. vexingly
  6. alarmingly
  7. unsettlingly
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  • And of course, my children finding ways to override my settings, thanks to Reddit threads, YouTube videos, and annoyingly good guesses.
    — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Pivots into a black-and-white Brazilian telenovela, which Camilo tunes into nightly while on baby duty, feed into the film’s nesting-doll narrative on paper, but in practice make for annoyingly gratuitous flourishes.
    — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of annoyingly
Adverb
  • 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
Adverb
  • 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
Adverb
  • Altercations between agitated people with dementia and other residents or workers charged with caring for them are disturbingly common in long-term care facilities and private homes.
    — Jordan Rau, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026
  • None did it quite as disturbingly, however, as Lance Oppenheim’s Primetime, starring Robert Pattinson as Chris Hansen, one of the earliest stars of the early-21st-century reality-TV revolution.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of disturbingly
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  • Alongside the investigation into Anders’s kidnapping and death, Elsbeth is managing another aspect of her social life and her complicated feelings about a character who’s gone but vexingly unforgettable.
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025
  • But his spasms, vexingly, grew more frequent and severe.
    — Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Definition of vexingly
Adverb
  • Something threatening becomes funny, someone powerful becomes vulnerable, a ridiculous situation begins to feel alarmingly real.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Since then, the numbers have dipped somewhat but are still alarmingly high.
    — Susan Farrell, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of alarmingly
Adverb
  • What the skeleton’s injuries actually resembled, somewhat unsettlingly, was a collision with a fast-moving train or car.
    — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 23 Sep. 2026
  • After a brief stay in a very creepy hospital (unsettlingly empty) Hal and John reunite.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of unsettlingly

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