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revolting

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re·volt·ing  (r-vltng)
adj.
Causing abhorrence or disgust. See Synonyms at offensive.

re·volting·ly adv.

revolting [rɪˈvəʊltɪŋ]
adj
1. causing revulsion; nauseating, disgusting, or repulsive
2. Informal unpleasant or nasty that dress is revolting
revoltingly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.revoltingrevolting - 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"
offensive - unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors"

revolting
Translations
revolting [rɪˈvəʊltɪŋ] ADJ (= disgusting) [smell, taste, sight, habit, person] → repugnante, asqueroso; [behaviour, story] → repugnante; [place, weather] → asqueroso; [colour, dress] → horroroso, repelente
it smells/tastes revoltingtiene un olor/sabor repugnante, huele/sabe que da asco

revolting [rɪˈvəʊltɪŋ] adjdégoûtant(e)

revolting
adj (= repulsive, disgusting)abstoßend; meal, storyekelhaft; (inf: = unpleasant) weather, colour, dressscheußlich, abscheulich; personwiderlich

revolting [rɪˈvəʊltɪŋ] adjrivoltante, ripugnante
revolting [rɪˈvəʊltɪŋ] adjrivoltante, ripugnante

revolting ثائر odporný modbydelig scheußlich αποκρουστικός repugnante ällöttävä révoltant gnusan rivoltante 実に嫌な 역하게 하는 walgelijk opprørsk oburzający revoltante отвратительный upprörande น่ารังเกียจ iğrenç kinh tởm 令人厌恶的


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That he could, with relish, eat raw meat that had been buried by himself weeks before, and enjoy small rodents and disgusting grubs, seems to us who have been always "civilized" a revolting fact; but had we learned in childhood to eat these things, and had we seen all those about us eat them, they would seem no more sickening to us now than do many of our greatest dainties, at which a savage African cannibal would look with repugnance and turn up his nose.
There was something awful and revolting in the memory of what had been bought at this fearful price of shame.
It was a matter of course that in drawing Indian character he should dwell on the better traits of the picture, rather than on the coarser and more revolting though more common points.
 
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