Synonyms for revolting

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ri-vohl-ting

Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈvoʊl tɪŋ

Top 10 synonyms for revolting

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Définition of revolting

Origin : 1590s, "that revolts, given to revolt, rebellious," present participle adjective from revolt (v.). Sense of "repulsive" is from 1806. Related: Revoltingly.

adj disgusting, nauseating

Example sentences :

It was something inside of me shuddering, and saying 'how revolting!'
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

I was unable to restrain a shudder at the thought of this revolting contest.
Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson

To think of them in control of the inner planets was revolting.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various

In the midst of one of these revolting paroxysms Spike breathed his last.
Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 » by Various

The bodies of the slain the savages had cut up in the most revolting manner.
Extract from : « King Philip » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

Some of its earlier scenes are too revolting for the imagination to call up.
Extract from : « Leading Articles on Various Subjects » by Hugh Miller

Such a thing would have been horrible, revolting, sacrilegious.
Extract from : « The Life of Cesare Borgia » by Raphael Sabatini

And when the end is achieved, how awful, how revolting, but how natural.
Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum

She had no words to express her feelings of horror and revolting.
Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum

The sight was beyond all description in its revolting and hideous pathos.
Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum

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