revolt
verb (used without object)
to break away from or rise against constituted authority, as by open rebellion; cast off allegiance or subjection to those in authority; rebel; mutiny.
have been revolting
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present perfect progressiveof revolt.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Hunger, in fact, made this repast, which would have been revolting under ordinary circumstances, not only acceptable, but positively delicious.
From The Island Home by Dalziel
Suppose the imitation had been so close as to deceive the audience into the belief that there were birds there singing; would not the contrast with trees of painted canvass have been revolting?
From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1 by Various
This episode denotes a morbid curiosity which must have been revolting to Luis de Leon's austere nature.
From Fray Luis de León A Biographical Fragment by James Fitzmaurice-Kelly
Anything like a matrimonial scheme would have been revolting to Lesbia, who had grand, but not sordid views about matrimony.
From Phantom Fortune, a Novel by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
The mere thought of causing Swann so much distress would have been revolting to him.
From Swann's Way by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Scott-Moncrieff
