adj
Meaning 1
repulsive, disgusting
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The most revolting smell was coming from the drains.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
revolting
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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rhymes with -əʊltɪŋ
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noun
Meaning 2
revolution; revolt
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of revolt
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Examples
- The feudal subjects decided to revolt.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a disgusting smell
- distasteful language
- a loathsome disease
- the idea of eating meat is repellent to me
- revolting food
- a wicked stench
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, skanky, wicked, yucky
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: отблъскващ (otblǎskvašt) — repellent
- Bulgarian: отвратителен (otvratitelen) — repellent
- Catalan: repugnant — repellent
- Dutch: weerzinwekkend — repellent
- Dutch: walgelijk — repellent
- Esperanto: naŭza — repellent
- Finnish: vastenmielinen — repellent
- Finnish: kuvottava — repellent
- Finnish: inhottava — repellent
- French: repoussant — repellent
- French: répugnant — repellent
- French: infect — repellent
- Georgian: აღმაშფოთებელი (aɣmašpotebeli) — repellent
- German: abstoßend — repellent
- Hungarian: undorító — repellent
- Hungarian: felháborító — repellent
- Italian: repellente — repellent
- Italian: ripugnante — repellent
- Italian: rivoltante — repellent
- Italian: disgustoso — repellent
- Latin: taeter — repellent
- Polish: odrażający — repellent
- Polish: oburzający — repellent
- Polish: obrzydliwy — repellent
- Portuguese: repugnante — repellent
- Portuguese: repelente — repellent
- Romanian: dezgustător — repellent
- Russian: омерзи́тельный (omerzítelʹnyj) — repellent
- Russian: отврати́тельный (otvratítelʹnyj) — repellent
- Spanish: estomagante — repellent
- Swedish: motbjudande — repellent