Revolting
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Revolting is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of revolt.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of revolt.
More Meanings
- revolution; revolt
- repulsive, disgusting
Example Sentences
The feudal subjects decided to revolt.
The most revolting smell was coming from the drains.
Why anyone should want such a revolting object had always been a mystery to me.
Yet revoltings of the soul would attend this violence to nature, this abuse of physical and intellectual energy, while the beauty of social order would be defaced, and the fountains of earth's felicity broken up.
Word Forms
- revoltings
Synonyms for revolting
Depending on context, synonyms include wicked, loathsome, foul, offensive, distasteful, loathly.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include repellent, repellant, wicked, offensive, loathsome, loathly.
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