revolt
to break away from or rise against constituted authority, as by open rebellion; cast off allegiance or subjection to those in authority; rebel; mutiny: to revolt against the present government.
to turn away in mental rebellion, utter disgust, or abhorrence (usually followed by from): He revolts from eating meat.
to rebel in feeling (usually followed by against): to revolt against parental authority.
to feel horror or aversion (usually followed by at): to revolt at the sight of blood.
to affect with disgust or abhorrence: Such low behavior revolts me.
the act of revolting; an insurrection or rebellion.
an expression or movement of spirited protest or dissent: a voter revolt at the polls.
Origin of revolt
1Other words for revolt
Other words from revolt
- re·volt·er, noun
- un·re·volt·ed, adjective
Words that may be confused with revolt
- rebellion, revolt , revolution
Words Nearby revolt
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How to use revolt in a sentence
The three-page letter arrived at GameStop’s Texas headquarters 18 months before the company unexpectedly emerged as the hottest stock on Wall Street and the latest symbol of a widening populist revolt against entrenched elites.
The GameStop stock craze is about a populist uprising against Wall Street. But it’s more complicated than that. | David J. Lynch | February 1, 2021 | Washington PostHumans were doomed in the play even before Radius led the revolt.
The first ‘robots’ were made of flesh and bone | By John M. Jordan/MIT Press Reader | January 26, 2021 | Popular-ScienceChekheria graduated college in Tbilisi with a law degree just a year before another revolt, the Rose Revolution of late 2003.
In 1794, George Washington himself led a militia of 13,000 men into Pennsylvania to put down an anti-tax revolt.
What Happened In Portland Shows Just How Fragile Our Democracy Is | Maggie Koerth (maggie.koerth-baker@fivethirtyeight.com) | August 5, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightThe post Facebook in the age of revolt appeared first on Digiday.
The ISI came to the CIA for assistance in fostering a revolt that had developed in the Afghan countryside against Communist rule.
CIA Agents Assess: How Real Is ‘Homeland’? | Chuck Cogan, John MacGaffin | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA political leader told us parliament won't do anything unless people revolt.
Will the Swiss Quit Cooking their Kittens and Puppies? | Barbie Latza Nadeau | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTInitially, Truth revolt printed that Dunham was 17 when this event occurred (she was 7).
Welcome to Generation Overshare: Lena Dunham, Taylor Swift, and the Politics of Self-Disclosure | Marlow Stern | November 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFallin reversed course on that as well, but not before a mini-revolt grew among suburban parents.
The Democrats’ Great Plains Firewall: Can Joe Dorman Take the Oklahoma Statehouse? | David Freedlander | October 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA problem far more pressing for the dynasty was the Taiping revolt, which ran from 1850 to 1864 and left tens of millions dead.
The rapid spread of the revolt was not a whit less marvelous than its lack of method or cohesion.
The Red Year | Louis TracyYet, so curiously constituted is the native mind, the blowing-up of the magazine was the final tocsin of revolt.
The Red Year | Louis TracyThe news of Bruce's revolt and the death of Comyn roused Edward into full martial vigour.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonGeneral Pio del Pilar slept in the city every night, ready to give the rocket-signal for revolt.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanIn vain he warned the King that this was not a revolt but a revolution; the counsels of Polignac were all powerful.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison
British Dictionary definitions for revolt
/ (rɪˈvəʊlt) /
a rebellion or uprising against authority
in revolt in the process or state of rebelling
(intr) to rise up in rebellion against authority
(usually passive) to feel or cause to feel revulsion, disgust, or abhorrence
Origin of revolt
1Derived forms of revolt
- revolter, noun
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