revolting
Americanadjective
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causing revulsion; nauseating, disgusting, or repulsive
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informal unpleasant or nasty
that dress is revolting
Other Word Forms
- nonrevolting adjective
- nonrevoltingly adverb
- revoltingly adverb
- unrevolting adjective
Etymology
Origin of revolting
Example Sentences
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The show has included the usual mix of potentially terrifying or revolting trials for the celebrities, including parachuting into the jungle, crawling through stinky slime and encountering creatures including crocodiles.
From BBC
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.
From Literature
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.”
From Salon
Other incidents, which police described as "revolting and appalling", involved liquid being thrown towards a school and over a car.
From BBC
"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."
From BBC
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