Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

revolting

/ɹivˈoʊltɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English

Syllables: re-volt-ing
IPA: /ɹivˈoʊltɪŋ/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of revolt

noun

revolution; revolt

Countable; Uncountable

adj

repulsive, disgusting

Example Sentences

"The feudal subjects decided to revolt."
"Yet revoltings of the soul would attend this violence to nature, this abuse of physical and intellectual energy, while the beauty of social order would be defaced, and the fountains of earth's felicity broken up."
"The most revolting smell was coming from the drains."
"Why anyone should want such a revolting object had always been a mystery to me."
"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.""

Usage

Inflected Forms

revoltings (plural) more revolting (comparative) most revolting (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonrevolting revoltingly revoltingness unrevolting

Synonyms

disgusting disgustful distasteful foul loathly loathsome repellent repellant repelling skanky wicked yucky

Rhymes With

bolting molting jolting nolting hoelting

Questions

How do you pronounce revolting?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹivˈoʊltɪŋ/.
What does revolting mean?: present participle and gerund of revolt

How to pronounce revolting

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