REVOLTING: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for REVOLTING?

Need another word that means the same as “revolting”? Find 12 synonyms and 30 related words for “revolting” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Revolting” are: disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellant, repellent, repelling, skanky, wicked, yucky

Revolting as an Adjective

Definitions of "Revolting" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “revolting” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust.
• Causing intense disgust; disgusting.

Synonyms of "Revolting" as an adjective (12 Words)

disgustful	Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust.
disgusting	Arousing revulsion or strong indignation. I think the decision is disgusting.
distasteful	Not pleasing in odor or taste. Distasteful language.
foul	Of a baseball not hit between the foul lines. Murder most foul.
loathly	Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust. Loathly frogs and toads.
loathsome	Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust. This loathsome little swine.
repellant	Incapable of absorbing or mixing with.
repellent	Able to repel a particular thing; impervious to a particular substance. The idea was slightly repellent to her.
repelling	Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust.
skanky	Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust. The skanky folk who populate LA s film scene.
wicked	Intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality. A wicked sense of humour.
yucky	Messy or disgusting. Yucky green grey slushy cabbage.

Usage Examples of "Revolting" as an adjective

• There was a revolting smell that lingered in the air.
• Revolting food.

Associations of "Revolting" (30 Words)

betrayer	One who reveals confidential information in return for money.
cheat	An act of cheating a fraud or deception. She always cheats at cards.
coup	(among some North American Indian peoples) an act of touching an armed enemy in battle as a deed of bravery, or an act of first touching an item of the enemy’s in order to claim it. He was overthrown in an army coup.
disloyal	Showing lack of love for your country. She was accused of being disloyal to the government.
disloyalty	The quality of being disloyal. An accusation of disloyalty and betrayal.
disobedience	The trait of being unwilling to obey. Disobedience to law is sometimes justified.
firebrand	Someone who deliberately foments trouble. A political firebrand.
instigator	A person who brings about or initiates something. He was not the instigator of the incident.
insubordination	An insubordinate act. He was dismissed for insubordination.
insurgent	A person fighting against a government or invading force; a rebel or revolutionary. An attack by armed insurgents.
insurrection	A violent uprising against an authority or government. Opposition to the new regime led to armed insurrection.
junta	A military or political group that rules a country after taking power by force. The country s ruling military junta.
mutiny	Engage in a mutiny against an authority. The crew were on the verge of mutiny.
overthrow	A score made because the ball has been overthrown. Their subversive activities are calculated to overthrow parliamentary democracy.
protest	Write or obtain a protest in regard to a bill. Two senior scientists resigned in protest.
quisling	A traitor who collaborates with an enemy force occupying their country. He had the Quisling owner of the factory arrested.
rebel	A person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority especially in the hope of improving conditions. Tory rebels.
rebellion	Refusal to accept some authority or code or convention. The Bretons rose in rebellion against the King.
renegade	Become a renegade. He was a renegade and social malcontent.
restive	(of a person) unable to remain still, silent, or submissive, especially because of boredom or dissatisfaction. He reiterated his determination to hold the restive republics together.
revolution	An instance of revolving. Near the solar equator the sun takes about 26 days to complete one revolution.
revolutionary	Markedly new or introducing radical change. A revolutionary discovery.
riot	Take part in a riot disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot. An unrepentant prodigal son rioting off to far countries.
rising	A movement upward. The reforms led to peasant risings.
seditious	Inciting or causing people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch. The letter was declared seditious.
subvert	Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality. We must not let our civil liberties be subverted by the current crisis.
traitor	A person who says one thing and does another. He was a traitor to his own class.
treason	The action of betraying someone or something. They were convicted of treason.
turncoat	A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. They denounced him as a turncoat.
uprising	An act of resistance or rebellion; a revolt. An armed uprising.