revolt

[ ri-vohlt ]
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verb (used without object)
  1. 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.

  2. to turn away in mental rebellion, utter disgust, or abhorrence (usually followed by from): He revolts from eating meat.

  1. to rebel in feeling (usually followed by against): to revolt against parental authority.

  2. to feel horror or aversion (usually followed by at): to revolt at the sight of blood.

verb (used with object)
  1. to affect with disgust or abhorrence: Such low behavior revolts me.

noun
  1. the act of revolting; an insurrection or rebellion.

  2. an expression or movement of spirited protest or dissent: a voter revolt at the polls.

Origin of revolt

1
1540–50; (v.) <Middle French revolter<Italian rivoltare to turn around <Vulgar Latin *revolvitāre, frequentative of Latin revolvere to roll back, unroll, revolve; (noun) <French révolte<Italian rivolta, derivative of rivoltare

Other words for revolt

Other words from revolt

  • re·volt·er, noun
  • un·re·volt·ed, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for revolt

revolt

/ (rɪˈvəʊlt) /


noun
  1. a rebellion or uprising against authority

  2. in revolt in the process or state of rebelling

verb
  1. (intr) to rise up in rebellion against authority

  2. (usually passive) to feel or cause to feel revulsion, disgust, or abhorrence

Origin of revolt

1
C16: from French révolter to revolt, from Old Italian rivoltare to overturn, ultimately from Latin revolvere to roll back, revolve

Derived forms of revolt

  • revolter, noun

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