Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: revolting
IPA transcription: [ɹiv'oʊltɪŋ]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky
    Meaning: highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"
Usage examples
  • Why, that is simply revolting, nonsense.
  • The practice is really revolting to such a public.
  • But the very thought of pointing a pistol at anything so weak and utterly helpless was revolting in the extreme.
  • But what finally irritated Ivan most and confirmed his dislike for him was the peculiar, revolting familiarity which Smerdyakov began to show more and more markedly.
  • The last idea was the most revolting, but he was a sceptic, he was young, abstract, and therefore cruel, and so he could not help believing that the last end was the most likely.
  • A few may have sacrificed themselves freely but reluctantly for those whom they love, and by their revolting slavery may be earning the means to keep their dear ones from starvation or disgrace.
  • These revolting scenes created a great sensation at the time, were the talk of the town and neighborhood, and I flatter myself that the actions of those who had conspired against me were not viewed in a light to reflect much credit upon them.