revolting en · ADJ
Meanings
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repulsive, disgusting
The Leicester Daily Mercury reflected on how these concerns were the result of changing ways of getting around: "It might sound a bit crazy or just a little revolting that at Christmas works parties, some should drink themselves into a near-insensible state... This was not serious when they used public transport, but today more men and women use their own cars."
2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, page 29:Why anyone should want such a revolting object had always been a mystery to me.
1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:The most revolting smell was coming from the drains.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more revolting | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most revolting | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
nonrevolting · unrevolting · revoltingly · revoltingness
Translations (31)
pl oburzający (repellent) · it ripugnante (repellent) · sv motbjudande (repellent) · hu undorító (repellent) · la taeter (repellent) · ru омерзи́тельный (repellent) · fi kuvottava (repellent) · it repellente (repellent) · ka აღმაშფოთებელი (repellent) · pt repelente (repellent) · de abstoßend (repellent) · pt repugnante (repellent) · fr infect (repellent) · eo naŭza (repellent) · fi vastenmielinen (repellent) · fr répugnant (repellent) · it rivoltante (repellent) · nl walgelijk (repellent) · bg отвратителен (repellent) · it disgustoso (repellent) · nl weerzinwekkend (repellent) · es estomagante (repellent) · fi inhottava (repellent) · hu felháborító (repellent) · ro dezgustător (repellent) · ru отврати́тельный (repellent) · pl odrażający (repellent) · bg отблъскващ (repellent) · pl obrzydliwy (repellent) · fr repoussant (repellent) · ca repugnant (repellent)