Synonyms for revolting
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ri-vohl-ting |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈvoʊl tɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for revolting Other synonyms for the word revolting
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
- 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
Antonyms for revolting
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