ANNOYINGLY Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

annoyingly

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as in irritatingly

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Recent Examples of annoyingly 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 Though The Visitors has been praised widely, it’s been hosanna’d in too annoyingly presentist terms. — Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 11 Sep. 2026 There are good ideas in Bunker, but Zeller’s drama veers between the painfully obvious and the annoyingly manufactured. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026 The latter seems annoyingly improbable these days, given the sheer amount of content spend Netflix now puts out every year ($20 billion in 2026). — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Not a massive issue, by any means, but annoyingly repetitive. — Joe Salas june 28, New Atlas, 28 June 2026 That’s an annoyingly solid entry, as well as being our first to use each of their first three pick slots. — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 26 June 2026 Sandeep is nothing loath to make trouble for his annoyingly precocious little sister. — Literary Hub, 16 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for annoyingly

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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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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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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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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

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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
Something threatening becomes funny, someone powerful becomes vulnerable, a ridiculous situation begins to feel alarmingly real.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of alarmingly

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Garfield is disturbingly riveting as Altman, with his hypnotizing performance painting the most damning picture of the OpenAI CEO yet in any form of media.

— Hayden Field, The Verge, 8 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of disturbingly

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