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Recent Examples of unpleasantly
However, there’s a line between tastefully old-school and unpleasantly outdated.
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Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026
Checking the temperature is of utmost importance, since the meat is very lean and will be unpleasantly dry if overcooked.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
Also not missed are the crass laughs of the slicker 2012 film, which had an unpleasantly cynical, snide edge.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 11 Dec. 2025
Onward and upward The unpleasantly steep hills that I'm blessed with between my home and the city often proved too much for the hub motor.
—New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2025
Is there a point where a wine — even a wine intended for a natural wine-loving audience — can get so unpleasantly funky that a winemaker ought to intervene?
—Senior Wine Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Aug. 2021
Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026
Checking the temperature is of utmost importance, since the meat is very lean and will be unpleasantly dry if overcooked.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
Also not missed are the crass laughs of the slicker 2012 film, which had an unpleasantly cynical, snide edge.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 11 Dec. 2025
Onward and upward The unpleasantly steep hills that I'm blessed with between my home and the city often proved too much for the hub motor.
—New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2025
Is there a point where a wine — even a wine intended for a natural wine-loving audience — can get so unpleasantly funky that a winemaker ought to intervene?
—Senior Wine Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Aug. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpleasantly
Adverb
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So far, that’s an awfully good value on return for a fourth-round pick, especially one who just turned 23.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
21 Mar. 2026
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The classic bikini fairing harks back to the original café racer's front end, surrounding a pair of awfully low-slung clip-on handlebars and dual electronic clocks behind a compact visor.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Had something gone terribly, terribly wrong?—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Mar. 2026
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Something is terribly wrong in Chicago.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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More than anything, this documentary is dreadfully dull.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
11 Mar. 2026
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That’s another company with a stock that acts dreadfully.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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To my right, the lady abused me horribly and then jumped on the bandwagon and acted like nothing happened.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2026
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The game went horribly wrong from the start as Bay FC had no answers for Icelandic forward Sveindís Jónsdóttir, who scored two goals and had an assist in front of 10,299 fans.—
Harold Gutmann,
Mercury News,
22 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The strike caused an intense fire at the hospital, and officials have said the bodies of many of the victims were too badly damaged to be identified.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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The Hornets had a chance to break the franchise record for 3s in a game in the final 3 but rookie center Ryan Kalbrenner — who rarely shoots from deep — badly missed from the corner.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Democrats appallingly gamed the system early on by inserting their activists (rather than fair-minded community members) on the map-drawing panels.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
12 Oct. 2025
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But the rest of the movie is straight-faced, as though its story of two reckless sociopaths vying to destroy the world in their respective modes weren’t appallingly depressing.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
7 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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This way, the white people are exposed treating the Indigenous people horrendously — putting clothes on them, taking pictures without permission and treating them without respect.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
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Taking just the bare stats into consideration, Rooney's managerial career has been defined by a horrendously low win rate, but that is in addition to a spate of embarrassing off-field antics.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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The rungs were slippery with rain, and the bridge wobbled sickeningly with each step.—
Robert Moor,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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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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“Unpleasantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpleasantly. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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