revolting

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
revolt/rɪˈvəʊlt/

▶verb

• 1 rise in rebellion.

  ■ refuse to acknowledge someone or something as having authority.

  ■ (as adj. revolted) archaic having rebelled.

• 2 cause to feel disgust.

▶noun an attempt to end the authority of a person or group by rebelling.

■ a refusal to obey or conform.

– derivatives
revolting adjective,
revoltingly adverb.

– origin C16: from Fr. révolte (n.), révolter (v.), from Ital. rivoltare, based on L. revolvere (see revolve).