What is another word for revolting?
797 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɹɪvˈə͡ʊltɪŋ], [ ɹɪvˈəʊltɪŋ], [ ɹ_ɪ_v_ˈəʊ_l_t_ɪ_ŋ]
When it comes to describing something that is disgusting or repulsive, there are many words that can be used in place of "revolting." Some synonyms for this word include: disgusting, nauseating, repugnant, vile, repulsive, loathsome, offensive, sickening, foul, atrocious, and abhorrent. Each of these synonyms has a slightly different connotation, but they all convey a strong sense of dislike or disgust. Whether you're talking about a bad smell, a creepy-crawly creature, or a revolting sight, there are plenty of words you can use to express your distaste in a more nuanced way.
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Similar words for revolting:
- despicable (adjective)
- detestable (adjective)
- evil (adjective)
- fetid (adjective)
- hateful (adjective)
- objectionable (adjective)
- rank (adjective)
- ugly (adjective)
- unspeakable (adjective)
- vulgar (adjective)
- abominable (adjective)
- damned (adjective)
- filthy (adjective)
- foul (adjective)
- ghoulish (adjective)
- grungy (adjective)
- hideous (adjective)
- horrible (adjective)
- horrible/horrendous/horrid (adjective)
- incommunicable (adjective)
- indefinable (adjective)
- inexpressible (adjective)
- insurgent (adjective)
- lurid (adjective)
- nasty (adjective)
- nauseous (adjective)
- obnoxious (adjective)
- repugnant (adjective)
- shocking (adjective)
- terrible (adjective)
- unattractive (adjective)
- undescribable (adjective)
- unsightly (adjective)
- unutterable (adjective)
- vile (adjective)
- beastly (adverb)
- revolting (verb)
Synonyms for Revolting:
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adj.
• despicable • detestable • evil- atrocious ,
- bad ,
- baneful ,
- calamitous ,
- damnable ,
- destructive ,
- detrimental ,
- disgraceful ,
- foul ,
- heinous ,
- maleficent ,
- monstrous ,
- nefarious ,
- no good ,
- sinful ,
- sinister ,
- wicked ,
- unpropitious .
- shuddersome ,
- uncool ,
- de spiteful ,
- de-spiteful ,
- more shuddersome ,
- more uncool ,
- most shuddersome ,
- most uncool ,
- un cool ,
- un desirable ,
- un-cool ,
- un-desirable .
- animal ,
- barbaric ,
- barnyard ,
- base ,
- boorish ,
- brazen ,
- broad ,
- brutish ,
- cheap ,
- chintzy ,
- clumsy ,
- coarse ,
- coarse-grained ,
- cockney ,
- colloquial ,
- common ,
- crass ,
- crude ,
- degraded ,
- depraved ,
- earthy ,
- garish ,
- gaudy ,
- glaring ,
- graceless ,
- gross ,
- homespun ,
- idiomatic ,
- ignoble ,
- ignominious ,
- ill-bred ,
- in bad taste ,
- indelicate ,
- inelegant ,
- obscene ,
- outlandish ,
- philistine ,
- profane ,
- raw ,
- rough ,
- rude ,
- salty ,
- scandalous ,
- shameless ,
- sleazy ,
- sordid ,
- tactless ,
- tasteless ,
- tawdry ,
- unbecoming ,
- undignified ,
- unpolished ,
- unrefined ,
- unseemly ,
- vulgar .
- all fired ,
- all firedest ,
- all-firedest ,
- allfired ,
- allfiredest ,
- blankety blank ,
- blanketyblank ,
- dangest ,
- darnest ,
- doggonest ,
- gone blazes ,
- in famous ,
- in-famous ,
- more anathematized ,
- more blankety blank ,
- more blankety-blank ,
- more blanketyblank ,
- more cussed ,
- more dratted ,
- more voodooed ,
- most anathematized ,
- most blankety blank ,
- most blankety-blank ,
- most blanketyblank ,
- most cussed ,
- most dratted ,
- most voodooed ,
- re probate ,
- re-probate ,
- un happier ,
- un happiest ,
- un happy ,
- un-happier ,
- un-happiest ,
- un-happy ,
- unhappy .
- be grimed ,
- be-grimed ,
- cruddier ,
- cruddiest ,
- fecal ,
- more begrimed ,
- more blackened ,
- more fecal ,
- more feculent ,
- more verminous ,
- most begrimed ,
- most blackened ,
- most fecal ,
- most feculent ,
- most verminous ,
- scummiest ,
- scummy ,
- slimier ,
- slovenly ,
- soiled ,
- soilier ,
- soiliest ,
- un clean ,
- un cleaner ,
- un cleanest ,
- un cleanlier ,
- un cleanliest ,
- un cleanly ,
- un kempt ,
- un kempter ,
- un kemptest ,
- un washed ,
- un-clean ,
- un-cleaner ,
- un-cleanest ,
- un-cleanlier ,
- un-cleanliest ,
- un-cleanly ,
- un-kempt ,
- un-kempter ,
- un-kemptest ,
- un-washed ,
- uncleanly .
- dis graceful ,
- dis honorable ,
- dis-graceful ,
- dis-honorable ,
- egregious ,
- more contaminated ,
- more pigpen ,
- more polluted ,
- more sullied ,
- most contaminated ,
- most pigpen ,
- most polluted ,
- most sullied .
- de monic ,
- de-monic ,
- more spine chilling ,
- more spine-chilling ,
- more spinechilling ,
- most spine chilling ,
- most spine-chilling ,
- most spinechilling ,
- spine chilling ,
- spinechilling .
- scarier ,
- scary ,
- un godlier ,
- un godliest ,
- un godly ,
- un holier ,
- un holiest ,
- un holy ,
- un kind ,
- un kinder ,
- un kindest ,
- un-godlier ,
- un-godliest ,
- un-godly ,
- un-holier ,
- un-holiest ,
- un-holy ,
- un-kind ,
- un-kinder ,
- un-kindest .
- dis obedient ,
- dis-obedient ,
- in subordinate ,
- in-subordinate ,
- more anarchical ,
- more insurrectionary ,
- most anarchical ,
- most insurrectionary .
- Revulsive ,
- anti pathetic ,
- anti-pathetic ,
- in compatible ,
- in consistent ,
- in consonant ,
- in-compatible ,
- in-consistent ,
- in-consonant ,
- more against ,
- more inconsonant ,
- more revulsive ,
- more unconformable ,
- more unfitted ,
- most against ,
- most inconsonant ,
- most revulsive ,
- most unconformable ,
- most unfitted ,
- un conformable ,
- un fitted ,
- un friendlier ,
- un friendliest ,
- un-conformable ,
- un-fitted ,
- un-friendlier ,
- un-friendliest ,
- un-friendly .
- awe inspiring ,
- aweinspiring ,
- in convenient ,
- in-convenient ,
- inconvenient ,
- more dreaded ,
- more petrifying ,
- more unnerving ,
- most dreaded ,
- most petrifying ,
- most unnerving ,
- un fortunate ,
- un nerving ,
- un-fortunate ,
- un-nerving .
- Unalluring ,
- more unalluring ,
- most unalluring ,
- un alluring ,
- un appealing ,
- un attractive ,
- un-alluring ,
- un-appealing ,
- un-attractive .
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adv.
• beastly -
v.
• revolting Other synonyms:
- bruising ,
- detestable ,
- frightful ,
- ghastly ,
- god-awful ,
- gruesome ,
- hellish ,
- horrifying ,
- insufferable ,
- murderous ,
- putrid ,
- revolutionary ,
- scabby ,
- sick ,
- traumatic ,
- verminous .
- horrid ,
- like ,
- pain ,
- ugly ,
- unwholesome .
Other relevant words:
- Abhorred ,
- Direly ,
- Fescennine ,
- Fiendish ,
- Incommunicable ,
- Loathed ,
- Loathful ,
- Outraging ,
- Putrefying ,
- Rebuffing ,
- Repulsing ,
- Scandalizing ,
- Snubbing ,
- abject ,
- abominable ,
- abysmally ,
- alarming ,
- amoral ,
- anarchic ,
- anticlimax ,
- appalling ,
- appallingly ,
- arise ,
- arouse ,
- atrociously ,
- awake ,
- awaken ,
- awe-inspiring ,
- awesomely ,
- awful ,
- awfully ,
- badly ,
- baleful ,
- barbarous ,
- bathos ,
- beastly ,
- beget ,
- below contempt ,
- beneath contempt ,
- bestir ,
- blood-curdling ,
- body ,
- brackish ,
- bring ,
- bring up ,
- brutal ,
- brutally ,
- carcass ,
- carrion ,
- confoundedly ,
- contrary ,
- contumacious ,
- corrupt ,
- create ,
- cross-grained ,
- cruelly ,
- danger ,
- debased ,
- debauched ,
- degenerate ,
- degrading ,
- desperately ,
- develop ,
- dire ,
- direful ,
- dirtily ,
- dirty ,
- disagreeable ,
- disgustful ,
- disgustingly ,
- disobedient ,
- displeasing ,
- dissipated ,
- dissolute ,
- distasteful ,
- distressing ,
- dread ,
- dreadful ,
- dreadfully ,
- elevate ,
- embarrassing ,
- emetic ,
- establish ,
- evilly ,
- excite ,
- execrable ,
- explicit ,
- fearful ,
- fearfully ,
- fearsome ,
- fearsomely ,
- feculent ,
- fell ,
- ferociously ,
- fetid ,
- fierce ,
- fiercely ,
- filthily ,
- filthy ,
- foetid ,
- forbidding ,
- formidable ,
- foul-mouthed ,
- fouled ,
- foully ,
- freakish ,
- frightening ,
- frighteningly ,
- frightfully ,
- fulsome ,
- funky ,
- generate ,
- get ,
- ghoulish ,
- gorgonian ,
- gory ,
- gravely ,
- grievously ,
- grim ,
- grisly ,
- grossly ,
- grotesque ,
- grotty ,
- grow ,
- gruesomely ,
- grungy ,
- hardly ,
- harrowing ,
- harshly ,
- hateful ,
- headstrong ,
- heartbreakingly ,
- heavily ,
- hideously ,
- horrendous ,
- horrendously ,
- horrible ,
- horribly ,
- horridly ,
- horrific ,
- horrifically ,
- horrifyingly ,
- icky ,
- immoral ,
- impish ,
- implike ,
- improper ,
- inappropriate ,
- incite ,
- indecent ,
- indecorous ,
- indefinable ,
- inedible ,
- inexpressible ,
- infamous ,
- infernally ,
- inhuman ,
- iniquitous ,
- inspire ,
- insulting ,
- insurgent ,
- intolerable ,
- lewd ,
- lift ,
- loathing ,
- loathly ,
- lurid ,
- macabre ,
- malodorous ,
- marked-up ,
- mawkish ,
- mawkishness ,
- meanly ,
- mephitic ,
- merciless ,
- miasmal ,
- miasmic ,
- mischievous ,
- miserable ,
- monstrously ,
- mucky ,
- mutinous ,
- nastily ,
- nasty ,
- naughty ,
- nauseating ,
- nauseous ,
- nightmarish ,
- noisome ,
- noxious ,
- obdurate ,
- objectionable ,
- obnoxious ,
- obnoxiously ,
- obstinate ,
- odious ,
- off-putting ,
- offending ,
- offensively ,
- ominously ,
- opposed ,
- outrageous ,
- outrageously ,
- painful ,
- perilous ,
- pernicious ,
- perverse ,
- perverted ,
- pestilential ,
- pigheaded ,
- poorly ,
- pornographic ,
- portentous ,
- profligate ,
- protesting ,
- provoke ,
- putrescent ,
- queasy ,
- rancid ,
- rebarbative ,
- rebel ,
- rebellious ,
- recalcitrant ,
- redoubtable ,
- repellant ,
- repelling ,
- repulsively ,
- resistant ,
- revive ,
- revolt ,
- revoltingly ,
- rioting ,
- rotten ,
- ruthless ,
- sadly ,
- salacious ,
- savage ,
- scandalously ,
- scatological ,
- scurvy ,
- sec ,
- sentimentality ,
- seriously ,
- severe ,
- severely ,
- shameful ,
- shitty ,
- shocking ,
- shockingly ,
- sickening ,
- sickeningly ,
- skanky ,
- smelly ,
- smutty ,
- staggeringly ,
- sternly ,
- stimulate ,
- stinking ,
- stinky ,
- stomach-churning ,
- stomach-turning ,
- stubborn ,
- terribly ,
- terrific ,
- terrifically ,
- terrifying ,
- terrifyingly ,
- thersitical ,
- tremendous ,
- turning ,
- unappealing ,
- unappetizing ,
- unattractive ,
- unbearably ,
- unclean ,
- undescribable ,
- unholy ,
- uninviting ,
- unlikeable ,
- unlovable ,
- unpalatable ,
- unpleasant ,
- unpleasantly ,
- unpleasing ,
- unrestrained ,
- unsavory ,
- unsavoury ,
- unsightly ,
- unspeakable ,
- unspeakably ,
- unsporting ,
- unsportsmanlike ,
- unutterable ,
- vilely ,
- violently ,
- wayward ,
- wickedly ,
- wilful ,
- work up ,
- wretched ,
- yucky .
- Dang ,
- Darner ,
- Heeler ,
- Inconsonant ,
- Piller ,
- Soily ,
- all-fired ,
- anarchical ,
- begrimed ,
- big mouth ,
- blankety-blank ,
- cruddy ,
- damned ,
- defying description ,
- doggone ,
- dratted ,
- evil ,
- gone to blazes ,
- grody ,
- hideous ,
- in opposition ,
- nerdy ,
- rank ,
- repugnant ,
- repulsive ,
- scummier ,
- scuzzy ,
- seasick ,
- sickie ,
- sleazeball ,
- spine-chilling ,
- terrible ,
- unconformable ,
- unfitted ,
- unshapely ,
- vile ,
- voodooed ,
- yecchy .
- Hell ,
- Snivelling ,
- abysmal ,
- apocalyptic ,
- balloon ,
- bear ,
- belief ,
- bitter ,
- black ,
- classic ,
- corrosive ,
- crushing ,
- crying ,
- deathly ,
- degree ,
- deleterious ,
- deplorable ,
- depth ,
- diabolical ,
- directly ,
- disable ,
- dismal ,
- distaste ,
- drastic ,
- excruciating ,
- exemplary ,
- fine ,
- fraught ,
- fun ,
- hate ,
- heavy ,
- horror ,
- infernal ,
- insidious ,
- insuperable ,
- invasion ,
- invidious ,
- kafkaesque ,
- lamentable ,
- messy ,
- nauseatingly ,
- nightmare ,
- painfully ,
- piercing ,
- pitiless ,
- raging ,
- sobering ,
- sobriety ,
- solemn ,
- stink ,
- stupefy ,
- suffocating ,
- thankless ,
- toxic ,
- typical ,
- unbearable ,
- unedifying ,
- unendurable ,
- unenviable ,
- ungodly ,
- unimaginable ,
- woeful ,
- woefully ,
- wretchedly .
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How to use "Revolting" in context?
When one thinks of revolting, the images that come to mind are probably those of large scale protests or riots. But what about when revolting is just a small, individual action that goes against the norm? In this article, we'll be exploring the idea of revolting as an individual action and what makes it so interesting.
At its core, revolting is defined as a moral and ethical stance that challenges social norms. It is often used as a word to describe a student's or individual's refusal to conform to the expectations of society.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
repulsive.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
despicable, distasteful, heinous, horrendous, horrific, horrifying, terrible, unsavoury, vile.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
infuriating, sickening.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
abhorrent, abominable, appalling, disgraceful, foul, loathsome, obscene, odious, outrageous, repellent, repugnant, scandalous, shameful, shocking, sickening, ugly.
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Adjective
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