as in disturbingly
Related Words
Relevance
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of alarmingly
Public trust in medicine and science is alarmingly low, a persistent issue highlighted at Aspen Ideas Health and by the Edelman Trust Barometer, now exacerbated by social media.
—
Lisa Fitzpatrick,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
And, most alarmingly, Nick’s home doesn’t belong to him — and his wife and daughter aren’t there.
—
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
The watchlist for the next Medallia is growing but not alarmingly long.
—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
18 June 2026
For a show about two aspiring comedians who treated pop-culture trivia as a blood sport and regarded every social interaction as an opportunity for judgment, Difficult People has aged alarmingly well.
—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2026
But the emotional distance between them grows alarmingly large—a gap that Jack becomes desperate to close.
—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
But the agency warned in its annual report Thursday that 118 million people who had to flee their homes or nations is still alarmingly high.
—
ABC News,
11 June 2026
Perhaps alarmingly, the city’s air defenses appeared to be less active during the final wave of Russian strikes on Tuesday morning, with CNN producers hearing ongoing explosions, but not the sound of counter-systems firing.
—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
There is a timelessness to Margaret’s writing and world-building — the details of her worlds feel both ancient and nostalgic and also alarmingly immediate.
—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
4 June 2026
Lisa Fitzpatrick,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
And, most alarmingly, Nick’s home doesn’t belong to him — and his wife and daughter aren’t there.
—
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
The watchlist for the next Medallia is growing but not alarmingly long.
—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
18 June 2026
For a show about two aspiring comedians who treated pop-culture trivia as a blood sport and regarded every social interaction as an opportunity for judgment, Difficult People has aged alarmingly well.
—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2026
But the emotional distance between them grows alarmingly large—a gap that Jack becomes desperate to close.
—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
But the agency warned in its annual report Thursday that 118 million people who had to flee their homes or nations is still alarmingly high.
—
ABC News,
11 June 2026
Perhaps alarmingly, the city’s air defenses appeared to be less active during the final wave of Russian strikes on Tuesday morning, with CNN producers hearing ongoing explosions, but not the sound of counter-systems firing.
—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
There is a timelessness to Margaret’s writing and world-building — the details of her worlds feel both ancient and nostalgic and also alarmingly immediate.
—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
4 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alarmingly
Adverb
-
Perhaps most disturbingly, there’s a short sequence of a massive pink bunny vaporizing people with its laser eyes.
-
The road to that disturbingly phallic Jules Rimet trophy inevitably goes through Spain, France, England, Belgium, Portugal, Croatia, Germany, and a bunch of others.
Adverb
-
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.
-
The basic themes of Hearst’s life and the novels that dramatize it remain distressingly relevant.
Adverb
-
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.
-
Griffin’s blue eyes are unsettlingly bright.
Adverb
-
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.
-
The next morning, Park awakes hung over before disgustingly scoffing down a handful of salmon off a caterer's serving tray.
Adverb
-
Not a massive issue, by any means, but annoyingly repetitive.
-
That’s an annoyingly solid entry, as well as being our first to use each of their first three pick slots.
Adverb
-
Such politicians viewed literature as subversive, irritatingly highbrow, and—like socialism—suspiciously European.
-
Aaron, with divine intervention, turns the dust of the land into gnats that irritatingly cover humans and animals throughout Egypt.
Adverb
-
This could be described as assertive or confident clothing, all of the designer’s work achieves drama while in its exceptionally flattering fit, and which somehow still looks and feels awfully comfortable.
-
That’s an awfully bold move from Motorola, considering the foldable is powered by the same chip as the 2024 and 2025 models and also reuses the design and screens from previous generations.
Adverb
-
But everyone on the Spurs shot terribly from deep in the clutch.
-
Wonderfully and terribly, everything does happen for Maddie after her adoring bear of a husband, Jake (Eric Rahill), makes a cooking video of her that goes massively viral.
Cite this Entry
“Alarmingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alarmingly. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
