'Revolt' definitions:

Definition of 'revolt'

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noun
Organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another [syn: rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising]
verb
Make revolution; "The people revolted when bread prices tripled again"
verb
Fill with distaste; "This spoilt food disgusts me" [syn: disgust, gross out, revolt, repel]
verb
Cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The pornographic pictures sickened us" [syn: disgust, revolt, nauseate, sicken, churn up]

Definition of 'Revolt'

From: GCIDE
  • Revolt \Re*volt"\, n. [F. r['e]volte, It. rivolta, fr. rivolto, p. p. fr. L. revolvere, revolutum. See Revolve.]
  • 1. The act of revolting; an uprising against legitimate authority; especially, a renunciation of allegiance and subjection to a government; rebellion; as, the revolt of a province of the Roman empire. [1913 Webster]
  • Who first seduced them to that foul revolt? --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A revolter. [Obs.] "Ingrate revolts." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Insurrection; sedition; rebellion; mutiny. See Insurrection. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Revolt'

From: GCIDE
  • Revolt \Re*volt"\, v. t.
  • 1. To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To do violence to; to cause to turn away or shrink with abhorrence; to shock; as, to revolt the feelings. [1913 Webster]
  • This abominable medley is made rather to revolt young and ingenuous minds. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
  • To derive delight from what inflicts pain on any sentient creatuure revolted his conscience and offended his reason. --J. Morley. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Revolt'

From: GCIDE
  • Revolt \Re*volt"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Revolted; p. pr. & vb. n. Revolting.] [Cf. F. r['e]voller, It. rivoltare. See Revolt, n.]
  • 1. To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence. [1913 Webster]
  • But this got by casting pearl to hogs, That bawl for freedom in their senseless mood, And still revolt when trith would set them free. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • His clear intelligence revolted from the dominant sophisms of that time. --J. Morley. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Hence, to be faithless; to desert one party or leader for another; especially, to renounce allegiance or subjection; to rise against a government; to rebel. [1913 Webster]
  • Our discontented counties do revolt. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Plant those that have revolted in the van. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; -- with at; as, the stomach revolts at such food; his nature revolts at cruelty. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'revolt'

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Words containing 'Revolt'