Definitions for revolting

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revolting re·volt·ing

Spelling: [ri-vohl-ting]

IPA: /rɪˈvoʊl tɪŋ/

Revolting is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 531 anagrams from letters in revolting (egilnortv).

Definitions for revolting

noun

1. the act of revolting; an insurrection or rebellion.
2. an expression or movement of spirited protest or dissent:

adjective

1. disgusting; repulsive:
2. rebellious.

verb (used with object)

1. to affect with disgust or abhorrence:

verb (used without object)

1. to break away from or rise against constituted authority, as by open rebellion; cast off allegiance or subjection to those in authority; rebel; mutiny:
2. to turn away in mental rebellion, utter disgust, or abhorrence (usually followed by from):
3. to rebel in feeling (usually followed by against):
4. to feel horror or aversion (usually followed by at):

Origin of revolting

First recorded in 1585-95; revolt + -ing²

Examples for revolting

In the film, the humans have amassed a giant armory of weapons, which makes the apes very on-edge, and leads to them revolting.

It was something inside of me shuddering, and saying 'how revolting!'

To think of them in control of the inner planets was revolting.

To Helms, LGBT Americans were “weak, morally sick wretches,” and AIDS education was “obscene” and “revolting.”

In the midst of one of these revolting paroxysms Spike breathed his last.

I was unable to restrain a shudder at the thought of this revolting contest.

To Helms, LGBT Americans were "weak, morally sick wretches," and AIDS education was "obscene" and "revolting."

If SarahPAC were a publicly traded company, its shareholders would be revolting.

Guinn is mercifully sparing with the gory details, though nothing can make them anything less than revolting.

The bodies of the slain the savages had cut up in the most revolting manner.