revolting
31
4.9
- adjective
- /rɪˈvoʊltɪŋ/
- After tasting the dish, I realized it was revolting and couldn't finish it.
- the most revolting
- so revolting
- revolting thing
Examples
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It was too revolting for them.
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I find our current political "discourse" more revolting than anything I saw in those 46 years—including the combat tours.
Blog text (32) -
You know I find you as revolting as some of your stupid stories.
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As revolting as this is, it is not the whole story.
Blog text (3) -
If you believe that every life has equal value, it's revolting to learn that some lives are seen as worth saving and others are not.
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How could any two people who had started out so cute have become so totally revolting?
Fiction book (1993) -
I know, that was one of her more revolting moments.
Blog text (31) -
I'm not sure I should tell you because it's so revolting.
Fiction book (1998) -
That's the most revolting thing I've ever seen.
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It is a revolting thing and it cuts against his biggest strength supposedly as a politician was which was this, this power of empathy.
Synonyms
538
1.3
Causing a strong feeling of dislike or making you feel sick
333
2.3
Very unpleasant and making you feel sick or disgusted
183
1.0
Not nice and causing discomfort or unhappiness
84
5.6
Causing shock and strong disgust because it is very bad
54
3.0
Having a very bad smell or taste
54
5.5
Causing strong dislike or disgust, like a very bad smell
52
5.1
That causes a strong feeling of wanting to vomit or of disgust
47
4.1
A very unpleasant thing that shocks or disgusts you
34
4.6
Something that makes people feel dislike or disgust
26
7.2
Very bad or morally wrong so people strongly dislike it
21
6.8
Not pleasant to taste or smell
21
7.7
Causing strong dislike or disgust because people see it as morally wrong
20
9.7
Very dirty, smelly and unpleasant to touch or be near
20
5.1
Making people feel sick or want to throw up
19
7.7
Causing strong disgust or hatred in people
10
6.1
Causing strong dislike or disgust
5
3.9
Unpleasant to do or feel and causing annoyance
3
5.3
Having a bad smell or taste that bothers you
2
6.5
Something that smells or tastes bad
1
6.4
Causing strong dislike or disgust
1
6.9
Making people feel strong dislike or disgust
1
6.7
Causing a strong feeling of dislike or making people feel sick
1
9.9
Very unpleasant and likely to make people feel disgusted
Antonyms
How Disgusting
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7.2
52
5.1
54
5.5
31
4.9
538
1.3
- Offensive
276
4.0
183
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Revolting comes from the Latin parts re- ('back') and volvere ('to turn'), a root you can also see in revolve and revolution. So something revolting makes you want to 'turn away' or 'turn back' because it is very unpleasant.