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Definition of Revolting
1. Adjective. Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust. "A wicked stench"
Similar to: Offensive
Derivative terms: Disgustingness, Distastefulness, Loathsomeness, Repel, Repel, Repel, Repel, Skank, Wickedness
Definition of Revolting
1. a. Causing abhorrence mixed with disgust; exciting extreme repugnance; loathsome; as, revolting cruelty.
Definition of Revolting
1. Verb. (present participle of revolt) ¹
2. Noun. The action of the verb '''to revolt''' in the "disgust or repel" sense only. A revolution is the only noun form for an anti-government uprising. ¹
3. Adjective. That which revolts or is repelling. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Revolting
1. revolt [v] - See also: revolt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Revolting
Literary usage of Revolting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Four Years in Secessia: Adventures Within and Beyond the Union Lines by Junius Henri Browne (1865)
"A Second Judas.—Conviction on False Evidence.—His Wretched Condition.—The Closing
Scene.—An Inhuman Detective.—Revolting Spectacle at the Gallows. ..."
2. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1846)
"The whole sight is horrible and revolting: the ground is almost made of bones,
and the horses and riders are drenched with gore. CHAPTER VII. ..."
3. Memoirs of the Court of England During the Reign of the Stuarts: Including by John Heneage Jesse (1855)
"'Revolting Character of this Woman—The Earl of Suffolk, her Father— Her ...
THERE is something fearful and revolting inthe history of this titled murderess. ..."
4. Publishers Weeklyby Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1902)
"This is a story ot the London slums that is neither revolting nor pessimistic.
Grim enough it is, but its grimness is relieved by the central characters, ..."
5. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton, Richard Henry Dana (1866)
"(6) But the exercise of those rights, on the part of the revolting colony or
province against the metropolitan country, may be modified by the obligation of ..."
6. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"She is at this moment revolting against a Government, not only admitted to be
the mildest and most beneficent ever organized this side Utopia, ..."
7. The Punishment of Death: A Selection of Articles from the Morning Herald by Thomson Gale (Firm) (1837)
"Morning Herald, Friday, November 27, 1835. Revolting executions in PARIS, contrary
to King Louis PHILIP'S former declaration against Capital Punishments. ..."
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