revolting
Something revolting is disgusting or distasteful; it turns your stomach and can offend your senses.
Things that are revolting are physically upsetting, like finding hair in your soup or stepping in dog poop. Eating spoiled food is revolting. Also, revolting things can be less physical. Learning that a friend lied to you is revolting. Corruption in government is revolting. Injustice is revolting. Many people find obscenity revolting. If it offends, disgusts, or upsets you, it's revolting.
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highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust“revolting food”synonyms: disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellant, repellent, repelling, skanky, wicked, yuckyoffensiveunpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses
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Vocabulary lists containing revolting
On his eleventh birthday, orphan Harry Potter learns the shocking truth: he's a wizard about to begin his education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
When Charlie Bucket and four other children find golden tickets in their chocolate bars, they are invited to tour Willy Wonka's famous candy factory.
Whether you're describing a horrific monster, a tragic outfit, or your aunt's awful curtains, these words cover every sort of unattractive thing. For more synonym lists, explore our Say What You Mean resources.