revolting
adjective
disgusting; repulsive.
revoltingly
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a word derived from
revolting.
Example Sentences
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"I had reporters, in revoltingly poor taste, seeking me out for a knee-jerk reaction, wanting to know the whereabouts of my father's remains, waiting for me outside the Franklin County coroner's office," he wrote.
From Reuters ● Sep. 23, 2013
The backstories of minor characters are nailed in a phrase: for example, someone who "had made such a killing in the commodities market that he remained revoltingly wealthy after losing two-thirds of his fortune in a divorce".
From The Guardian ● Jul. 10, 2013
It's fashionable to say that football nowadays is nonsense, but that's not quite so, though mortifyingly many things about it are revoltingly nonsensical.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 2013
The Wizards were bad that night — historically, amazingly, revoltingly bad — in a 116-89 loss.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2011
I shake my head to eject such a revoltingly responsible thought out of it.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
