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View synonyms for revolting

revolting

[ ri-vohl-ting ]

adjective

  1. disgusting; repulsive:

    a revolting sight.



revolting

/ rɪˈvəʊltɪŋ /

adjective

  1. causing revulsion; nauseating, disgusting, or repulsive
  2. informal.
    unpleasant or nasty

    that dress is revolting

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • reˈvoltingly, adverb
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Other Words From

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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