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View synonyms for revolting

revolting

[ri-vohl-ting]

adjective

  1. disgusting; repulsive.

    a revolting sight.

  2. rebellious.



revolting

/ rɪˈvəʊltɪŋ /

adjective

  1. causing revulsion; nauseating, disgusting, or repulsive

  2. informal,  unpleasant or nasty

    that dress is revolting

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Other Word Forms

  • revoltingly adverb
  • nonrevolting adjective
  • nonrevoltingly adverb
  • unrevolting adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of revolting1

First recorded in 1585–95; revolt + -ing 2
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Example Sentences

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“Anemone” allows Day-Lewis to be volcanic when Ray launches into a disturbing, ultimately revolting monologue about a recent run-in with a pedophiliac priest from childhood.

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Other incidents, which police described as "revolting and appalling", involved liquid being thrown towards a school and over a car.

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"It is particularly revolting to experience our family's tragedy being turned into entertainment for the masses and to know that people are using our family's trauma for their own personal gain."

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Nevertheless, true to her penchant for shocking violence, Abbott delivers a revolting revelation that sets up a series of twists that propels the story to its inevitable, but no less satisfying, conclusion.

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“What you saw and what I saw on the TV video was revolting,” Bush said in a nationally televised speech from the Oval Office.

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