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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
revolting adjective disgusting, shocking, offensive, appalling, nasty, foul, horrible, obscene, sickening, distasteful, horrid, repellent, obnoxious, repulsive, nauseating, repugnant, loathsome, abhorrent, abominable, nauseous, cringe-making (Brit. informal), noisome, yucky or yukky (slang) The smell in the cell was revolting. attractive, pleasant, delightful, fragrant, agreeable, palatable 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 revolting → tiene un olor/sabor repugnante, huele/sabe que da asco revolting adj (= repulsive, disgusting) → abstoßend; meal, story → ekelhaft; (inf: = unpleasant) weather, colour, dress → scheußlich, abscheulich; person → widerlich revolting [rɪˈvəʊltɪŋ] adj → rivoltante, ripugnante revolting [rɪˈvəʊltɪŋ] adj → rivoltante, ripugnante How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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