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

Other Word Forms

• revoltingly adverb
• nonrevolting adjective
• nonrevoltingly adverb
• unrevolting adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of revolting¹

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

Example Sentences

Penelope found this revolting, frankly, but it kept the children happily occupied and thus provided an opportunity for her to exercise her powers of deduction.

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It is not science and technical progress that nurtures modern atheism but rather the very “image of God” tradition revolting against God.

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Former East Wing staffers told East Wing Magazine that seeing the offices where they once worked torn down was “jarring,” a “gut punch” and “revolting.”

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Its tactics were as revolting as its methods were brutal.

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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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Related Words

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