ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

  1. revolution; revolt
  2. 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

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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