Synonyms for revolting
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Disgusting — repulsive, disgusting
disgusting, loathsome, horrid, execrable, distasteful, abhorrent, sickening, horrible, obnoxious, hideous, nauseating, repulsive, yucky informal, shocking, unpleasant, abominable, monstrous, hateful, obscene, gross, offensive, nauseous
Definitions
- adj. 1
repulsive, disgusting
The most revolting smell was coming from the drains.
Example sentences
- disgusting What's the most disgusting food you've ever eaten?
- horrid The ivy is good because it obscures those horrid cables.
- distasteful I hope that distasteful joke wasn't directed at me.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| revolting | steady | |
| disgusting | rising | |
| horrid | rising | |
| distasteful | steady | |
| execrable | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- gross1, yucky2
- 6 letters
- horrid2
- 7 letters
- hideous3, hateful2, obscene2
- 8 letters
- horrible3, shocking2, nauseous2
- 9 letters
- offensive3, obnoxious3, monstrous2, sickening3, repulsive3, abhorrent3, loathsome2, execrable4
- 10 letters
- disgusting3, unpleasant3, abominable5, nauseating4
- 11 letters
- distasteful3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (yucky2 = 2 syllables).