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Webster 1913 Edition
Revolting
Re-volt′ing
,Adj.
Causing abhorrence mixed with disgust; exciting extreme repugnance; loathsome;
– as,
. revolting
crueltyRe-volt′ing-ly
, adv.
Webster 1828 Edition
Revolting
REVOLT'ING
,ppr.
1.
Changing sides; deserting.2.
Disclaiming allegiance and subjection to a prince or state.3.
Rejecting the authority of God.4.
a. Doing violence, as to the feelings; exciting abhorrence.Definition 2024
revolting
revolting
English
Verb
revolting
- present participle of revolt
- The peasants are revolting!
Noun
revolting (countable and uncountable, plural revoltings)
- revolution (The action of the verb to revolt)
- 1837, The American Biblical Repository (volume 9, page 316)
- Yet revoltings of the soul would attend this violence to nature, this abuse of physical and intellectual energy, while the beauty of social order would be defaced, and the fountains of earth's felicity broken up.
- 1837, The American Biblical Repository (volume 9, page 316)
Adjective
revolting (comparative more revolting, superlative most revolting)
- repulsive, disgusting
- The most revolting smell was coming from the drains.
Translations
repellent
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