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adjective

ri-ˈvōl-tiŋ How to pronounce revolting (audio)
Definition of revoltingnext
as in disgusting
causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment the revolting sight of animals being slaughtered for no good reason

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revolting

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verb

present participle of revolt
1
as in appalling
to cause to feel disgust the jury appeared to be revolted by the grisly details of the murder

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2
as in rebelling
to rise up against established authority the students practically revolted when the school cancelled the championship football game

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Recent Examples of revolting
Adjective
This revolting behavior is not limited to the media. — Brooke L. Rollins, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025 The many physically revolting and morally repellent acts that ensue amount to little but a gross-out joke. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
Local residents are revolting against a $100 billion Utah data center project backed by Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary that would use more electricity than the entire state does in a year. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 11 May 2026 The plot’s framework mirrors Orwell’s with animals revolting against a farmer’s working conditions (sending them off to a slaughterhouse being the biggie). — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for revolting
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revolting
  1. disgusting
  2. appalling
  3. rebelling
  4. sickening
  5. repulsing
  6. ugly
  7. awful
  8. horrible
Adjective
  • Deer-Proof Your Garden To keep your flowers from being gobbled up by deer—one of the most heartbreaking of all garden misfortunes—choose flowers that people find glorious and deer find disgusting.
    — Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 13 July 2026
  • Where critics see disgusting piles of stuff, hoarders see more.
    — Shivali H. Patra, Mercury News, 8 July 2026
Definition of disgusting
Verb
  • The young Forster recoiled from the school’s culture of authoritarianism and militaristic chauvinism, which may have found expression in the students’ often appalling attitudes toward their own mothers.
    — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 7 May 2026
  • Of all the recent poster boys for appalling misbehavior by the State Police, Michael Proctor would of course rank number one.
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 4 Jan. 2026
Definition of appalling
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  • The common narrative is fixated upon 1776, the 13 rebelling Colonies and the bold military actions of Founding Fathers such as George Washington.
    — Sarah M.S. Pearsall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
  • Years later, Billie keeps on rebelling – against everything.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 26 June 2026
Definition of rebelling
Adjective
  • To defile the legacy of his family and that family name is sickening, and turns my stomach.
    — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 16 July 2026
  • The 2022 spill was the largest ever from the Keystone pipeline, killing or sickening 2,700 animals.
    — Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 10 July 2026
Definition of sickening
Verb
  • While there are dismemberments and other bits of gruesome violence to be found in the film, Badlands is largely aimed at endearing its audience rather than repulsing them.
    — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
Definition of repulsing
Adjective
  • The deals defined one of the ugliest chapters of Russia’s transition to capitalism in the 1990s.
    — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
  • Leaders must be grounded in self-awareness and their influence, leaning into emotional intelligence and humility; recognizing that different styles shape how people show up amid many influences, good, bad and ugly.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of ugly
Adjective
  • Torres – one of Barcelona’s key men up front – had been having an awful tournament, missing a plethora of chances throughout Spain’s campaign and being benched after starting against Cape Verde.
    — Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • In a clearing in the forest, his younger selves sit at a long table with the abbott, who is wearing the final boss of season three’s awful wigs.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 20 July 2026
Definition of awful
Adjective
  • My husband holds the pamphlet close to his face in bed the next morning, my light creating a horrible glare on the glossy paper.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
  • The family wants to have accountability for this horrible crime.
    — Eric Shawn, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026
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