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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Though, like many things Epstein, the man’s genetic interests were twisted, often revolting, and shockingly uninformed.
From Slate • Mar. 19, 2026
BOSTON—The home of a famous 1773 tea party is revolting again, this time over coffee.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
In one Washington Post op-ed, a columnist declared ranch “what’s wrong with America,” adding, “fancy restaurants need to stop experimenting with this revolting milk-rot.”
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2025
The ghostwriter claims that Wallace’s alleged actions have been minimised by some as "cheeky barrow-boy humour" but she describes it as "revolting misogyny".
From BBC • Dec. 4, 2024
The sleeping bags were so slimy and revolting that Shackleton had the two worst of them thrown overboard.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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