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

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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Other incidents, which police described as "revolting and appalling", involved liquid being thrown towards a school and over a car.

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"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."

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Nevertheless, true to her penchant for shocking violence, Abbott delivers a revolting revelation that sets up a series of twists that propels the story to its inevitable, but no less satisfying, conclusion.

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Related Words

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