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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An absolutely revolting clump of dark hair that probably means Camille was trimming her bangs again.
From Literature
Like there was a dark cloud of rank, revolting air around me that no one wanted to penetrate for fear of excruciating pain or agonizing injury.
From Literature
Or at least the failure would be glorious, if it weren’t so revolting at the same time.
From Salon
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
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