as in disgusting
causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment
the revolting sight of animals being slaughtered for no good reason
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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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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
Richard Brody, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
How does this happen, no matter how revolting or nonsensical the trend can be?
—Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2022
Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
But many cities, some of which could have local sales tax hit more than 11%, are revolting on the plan.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
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
How does this happen, no matter how revolting or nonsensical the trend can be?
—Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2022
Verb
The thought of kissing the cloth is revolting.
—Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
But many cities, some of which could have local sales tax hit more than 11%, are revolting on the plan.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revolting
Adjective
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This blood and other stuff that blew out on the road is disgusting, and the smell is really awful.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
26 May 2026
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Both are also, objectively speaking, disgusting.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
22 May 2026
Verb
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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
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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
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The teenagers were rebelling, like teenagers are supposed to.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
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After rebelling against the authority of the Jade Emperor (the supreme deity in traditional Chinese cosmology), he is subdued by the Buddha and imprisoned beneath the Five Elements Mountain.—
Frannie Comstock,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
Adjective
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The concept of this many women vying for West is somewhat sickening to me.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
27 May 2026
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So united and powerful were these Indigenous people that some of their enemies started to get desperate, that whiff of anxiety taking on a sickening stench.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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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
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Lemieux was 37, and had a reputation as one of those players who knew where to be, and when, around the ugly areas on the ice in a playoff game.—
Mac Engel
May 29,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 May 2026
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We, viewers and voters, are subjected to very ugly photographs and rhetoric.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
29 May 2026
Adjective
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That’s an awful lot of people living with life-changing consequences.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
3 June 2026
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But for a restaurant that serves plenty of dishes seemingly designed for white tablecloths, there’s still an awful lot of eating done with your hands.—
Colin Wrenn,
Denver Post,
3 June 2026
Adjective
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His slugging percentage is horrible.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2026
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Some of it had to do with horrible tragedy, some because hopefuls could not see the math working out for them.—
Deputy Managing Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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“Revolting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revolting. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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