reptilian

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Recent Examples of reptilian No actor has played him with as much reptilian cruelty and covetous flair as Andrew Scott, either. Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024 But my brain is already starting to work again, in a kind of reptilian way. Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024 In the years after that, Logan—whose intense, reptilian demeanor belies presidential aspirations—moved into the scripted battling of WWE. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024 Likes include chocolate, causing chaos, licking its chops with a long reptilian tongue, making Eddie’s non-Venom life hell, and eating scrumptious human brains. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for reptilian
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reptilian
Adjective
  • Despite such repulsive assertions, Kingsley’s synthesis of scientific and theological thinking also led him to be one of the great Christian socialists of his day, advocating tirelessly for social reform, especially sanitation.
    Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Physicists will use this data to measure the properties of both dark matter as well as dark energy, an equally mysterious repulsive force proposed to explain the accelerating expansion of the universe.
    Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • How does this happen, no matter how revolting or nonsensical the trend can be?
    Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2022
  • These highly emotional sequences are less riveting and more revolting as they’re primarily used to add shock value, graphically depicting their triggering subject matter.
    Courtney Howard, Variety, 6 Oct. 2022
Adjective
  • The desire to avoid portraying her character’s actions as simply disgusting led de Van to play the lead role herself, in spite of the challenges that created for her as a first-time feature director.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Selena Gomez has called out 'disgusting' weight shame As a former child star who grew up in the public eye, Gomez has long been subjected to conversations surrounding her weight.
    Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The term has been applied to other groups as well: Teachers, health care workers, government officials and public safety professionals may encounter mandates that threaten to compromise their values, witness morally repugnant behavior or become a victim of somebody else’s transgression.
    Christina Caron, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Actions mattered more than words, and Nuwan’s were as repugnant as elephant dung.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The return of Dina Manzo wasn’t enough to counter the regrettable new additions, particularly Amber and her loathsome husband, Jim.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2025
  • But the actor only ever knuckles down at being loathsome.
    Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Overall, the film has gotten a mixed reception, and Strong’s character is pretty detestable.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Social media soon was flooded with posts from people who found the character detestable, and the actor had no problem with that.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Essay The Agony and the Ecstasy of the West Edmonton Mall Max Fawcett On learning to love the abominable mix of Soviet brutalism and unrelenting American capitalism around which Edmonton revolves.
    Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
  • The clear attempt to further divide our country was abominable.
    Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 8 Mar. 2024
Adjective
  • Mayo tweeted four different screenshots appearing to come from his Instagram direct messages, all expressing hateful words at the transfer guard, following the Jayhawks’ 78-73 defeat to Texas Tech.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 2 Mar. 2025
  • The students were protesting the expulsion of two students who stormed a Columbia University classroom in January and allegedly threw around flyers filled with hateful speech.
    Stepheny Price, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2025

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“Reptilian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reptilian. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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