gratingly

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Their second EP, Beautiful Chaos, peaked at number two in the US album charts, thanks to the gratingly brilliant lead single, Gnarly, and the Charli XCX-penned follow-up, Gabriella.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

It's an audio format, so the listener gets to hear his father talk about all this, and what's striking is how gratingly arrogant his dad is.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2025

I can still hum parts of the gratingly cheery song from the parade held in Mickey’s honor.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2024

Less kooky and gratingly precious than “Jojo Rabbit” or “Life Is Beautiful,” the film nevertheless also taps history with a movie-magic wand.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2023

It had curled gratingly around the end of the truck and, still spinning and sliding, was about to collide with me again.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer