Dictionary
Thesaurus
Reference
Translate
Web
Related Searches
on Ask.com
Synonyms
Nearby Entries
revolt - 6 dictionary results
Rooftop Stimulus
 Control rising electricity costs Switch to SunPower solar today!
 www.SeizeToday.com/SunPower

re⋅volt

  [ri-vohlt]
Use revolt in a Sentence
–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 fol. by from): He revolts from eating meat.
3. to rebel in feeling (usually fol. by against): to revolt against parental authority.
4. to feel horror or aversion (usually fol. by at): to revolt at the sight of blood.
–verb (used with object)
5. to affect with disgust or abhorrence: Such low behavior revolts me.
–noun
6. the act of revolting; an insurrection or rebellion.
7. an expression or movement of spirited protest or dissent: a voter revolt at the polls.
Origin:
1540–50; (v.) < MF revolter < It rivoltare to turn around < VL *revolvitāre, freq. of L revolvere to roll back, unroll, revolve; (n.) < F révolte < It rivolta, deriv. of rivoltare

Related forms:
re⋅volt⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
6. uprising, disorder, putsch.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source Link To revolt
re·volt   (rĭ-vōlt')   
v.   re·volt·ed, re·volt·ing, re·volts

v.   intr.
  1. To attempt to overthrow the authority of the state; rebel.
  2. To oppose or refuse to accept something: revolting against high taxes.
    1. To feel disgust or repugnance: to revolt at a public display of cruelty.
    2. To turn away in revulsion or abhorrence: They revolted from the sight.
v.   tr.
To fill with disgust or abhorrence; repel. See Synonyms at disgust.
n.  
  1. An uprising, especially against state authority; a rebellion.
  2. An act of protest or rejection.
  3. The state of a person or persons in rebellion: students in revolt over administrative policies.

[French revolter, from Italian rivoltare, to turn round, from Vulgar Latin *revolvitāre, frequentative of Latin revolvere, to turn over; see revolve.]
re·volt'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source

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.

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.

HIs clear intelligence revolted from the dominant sophisms of that time. --J. Morley.

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.

Our discontented counties do revolt. --Shak.

Plant those that have revolted in the van. --Shak.

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.

Revolt

Re*volt"\, v. t. 1. To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight. [Obs.] --Spenser.

2. To do violence to; to cause to turn away or shrink with abhorrence; to shock; as, to revolt the feelings.

This abominable medley is made rather to revolt young and ingenuous minds. --Burke.

To derive delight from what inflicts pain on any sentient creatuure revolted his conscience and offended his reason. --J. Morley.

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.

Who first seduced them to that foul revolt? --Milton.

2. A revolter. [Obs.] "Ingrate revolts." --Shak.

Syn: Insurrection; sedition; rebellion; mutiny. See Insurrection.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Cite This Source
Language Translation for : revolt
Spanish: rebelarse, *sublevarse,
German: revoltieren,
Japanese: 反乱する
More Translations »

revolt 
1548, from M.Fr. revolter, from It. rivoltare "to overthrow, overturn," from V.L. *revolvitare "to overturn, overthrow," frequentative of L. revolvere (pp. revolutus) "turn, roll back" (see revolve). The noun is from 1560. Revolting is 1593, originally subjective; objective sense of "repulsive" is first recorded 1806.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Search another word or see revolt on Thesaurus | Reference
Rooftop Stimulus
 Control rising electricity costs Switch to SunPower solar today!
 www.SeizeToday.com/SunPower