'Revolting' definitions:

Definition of 'revolting'

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adjective
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" [syn: disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky]

Definition of 'Revolting'

From: GCIDE
  • Revolt \Re*volt"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Revolted; p. pr. & vb. n. Revolting.] [Cf. F. r['e]voller, It. rivoltare. See Revolt, n.]
  • 1. To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence. [1913 Webster]
  • But this got by casting pearl to hogs, That bawl for freedom in their senseless mood, And still revolt when trith would set them free. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • His clear intelligence revolted from the dominant sophisms of that time. --J. Morley. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Hence, to be faithless; to desert one party or leader for another; especially, to renounce allegiance or subjection; to rise against a government; to rebel. [1913 Webster]
  • Our discontented counties do revolt. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Plant those that have revolted in the van. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; -- with at; as, the stomach revolts at such food; his nature revolts at cruelty. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Revolting'

From: GCIDE
  • Revolting \Re*volt"ing\, a. Causing abhorrence mixed with disgust; exciting extreme repugnance; loathsome; as, revolting cruelty. -- {Re*volt"ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]

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