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
Synonyms for revolt
See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.comRelated Words for revolt
defection, insurrection, insurgency, rebellion, revolution, mutiny, defy, overthrow, offend, repulse, repel, rising, displeasure, sedition, break, riot, renounce, defect, boycott, resistExamples from the Web for revolt
Contemporary Examples of revolt
The ISI came to the CIA for assistance in fostering a revolt that had developed in the Afghan countryside against Communist rule.
A problem far more pressing for the dynasty was the Taiping revolt, which ran from 1850 to 1864 and left tens of millions dead.
Remarkably, Americans have not risen in revolt against this gaping inequality.
Obama’s Extravagant Summer Break? More Like, America’s Vacation-Deficit DisorderClive Irving
August 10, 2014
Then Cruz rounded up some of the far-right members of the House GOP caucus and plotted a revolt.
They see the ISIS uprising as part of a general Sunni revolt.
Historical Examples of revolt
Mrs. Page could not get back of Harriet's revolt to its cause.
KMary Roberts Rinehart
The mind of Chief Inspector Heat was inaccessible to ideas of revolt.
The Secret AgentJoseph Conrad
Injustice has always roused me to revolt, and injustice was certainly having its fling.
My Double LifeSarah Bernhardt
There was not a word of gratitude to this man, not a murmur of vengeance nor of revolt.
My Double LifeSarah Bernhardt
The essential elements of our poetry will be courage, audacity, and revolt.
Alarms and DiscursionsG. K. Chesterton
revolt
- 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
Word Origin for revolt
Word Origin and History for revolt
1550s, from Middle French révolte (c.1500), back formation from revolter (see revolt (v.)), or else from Italian rivolta.