Modifies a noun

• people: Not in his public life, not until those revolting people in Downing Street got their claws into him.

• meal: We were faced with probably the most revolting meal I've ever seen.

• thing: Then he expostulated stupidly: - 'What a revolting thing to say!

• rhyme: Have you ever tried writing a nursery grime, a revolting rhyme or a bedtime ode?

• smell: The revolting smell of people, just about to die.

• act: He hoped that after this case they would hear no more of such shocking and revolting acts done to the dead.

Modifying Another Word

• absolutely: I don't care what cultural justification there might be, it is absolutely revolting.

• quite: Jarman is really quite revolting with his mincing queens.

• rather: I am currently drinking some rather revolting protein drinks twice a day to help build me up.

• truly: A truly revolting man, CAL JEPPY, is driving.

• particularly: It is therefore particularly revolting for anyone to try to exploit these attacks for the purpose of racism.

• utterly: I found that an utterly revolting way of thinking.

Used with adjective complement

• smell: They have a green slime on top of the fruiting body which smells revolting to us, but which flies think is delightful!

• become: At some point you must revolt or become revolting.

• sound: Your version sounds pretty revolting to me, I say.

• get: Will you manage to find Scamper before it all gets too revolting?