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

Derived Forms

• reˈvoltingly, adverb

Other Words From

• re·volting·ly adverb
• nonre·volting adjective
• nonre·volting·ly adverb
• unre·volting adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of revolting¹

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

Example Sentences

We’ve had other disturbing interviews where you think, “This is too dark and revolting to put on air.”

From The Daily Beast

It was the most skin-crawling two hours of my life, dealing with this revolting individual.

From The Daily Beast

So take that energy — like, know you’re right that you’re revolting.

From Freakonomics

For some of us, the thought of biting into a cicada, six legs and all, is revolting — be it deep-fried or dipped in chocolate.

From Vox

Bush referred to the King beating as “revolting” and said that he and Barbara Bush were “stunned” by the verdict.

From Time

In the film, the humans have amassed a giant armory of weapons, which makes the apes very on-edge, and leads to them revolting.

From The Daily Beast

To Helms, LGBT Americans were “weak, morally sick wretches,” and AIDS education was “obscene” and “revolting.”

From The Daily Beast

To Helms, LGBT Americans were "weak, morally sick wretches," and AIDS education was "obscene" and "revolting."

From The Daily Beast

Guinn is mercifully sparing with the gory details, though nothing can make them anything less than revolting.

From The Daily Beast

If SarahPAC were a publicly traded company, its shareholders would be revolting.

From The Daily Beast

I watched it, with every fiber of my being revolting against such savagery, and the need for it.

From Project Gutenberg

They poured into the ear of the humiliated queen the most revolting and loathsome execrations.

From Project Gutenberg

And so an end to incidents as revolting as anything to be found in the lengthy annals of crime.

From Project Gutenberg

Nothing is more revolting than a woman who catches the tone and expressions of men.

From Project Gutenberg

In tracing the natural history of a public-house I have found the respectable dullards the most revolting of my subjects.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• abhorrent
• abominable
• appalling
• loathsome
• repugnant
• repulsive
• shocking
• vile