Definition

1. Noun:

   • Organized opposition to authority; an uprising or rebellion: A collective, often violent, attempt to overthrow a government or ruling power.
   • (Archaic) A feeling of disgust or revulsion: A strong feeling of repugnance.

2. Verb:

   • To rise in rebellion; to renounce allegiance and oppose authority: To participate in an organized effort to overthrow a government or ruler.
   • To cause intense disgust or loathing; to repel: To offend someone's moral or physical sensibilities deeply.
   • To feel or express strong disgust: To react with a sense of abhorrence.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • The peasant revolt was brutally suppressed by the king's army.
  • She felt a revolt of her conscience at the very idea.

• Verb (to rise in rebellion):

  • The citizens revolt against the oppressive regime.
  • The army units revolted and seized the capital.

• Verb (to cause/feel disgust):

  • The graphic violence in the film revolted many viewers.
  • My stomach revolts at the smell of rotten eggs.

Advanced Usage

• In revolt: In a state of active rebellion.
  • The province has been in open revolt for months.
• To revolt against: To rebel against or to feel disgust toward something.
  • The new generation revolted against the strict traditions of their parents.
  • His soul revolted against the injustice.

Variants and Related Words

• Revolting (adjective): Causing intense disgust; extremely offensive.
  • The revolting conditions in the prison sparked an investigation.
• Revolter (noun): A person who takes part in a revolt; a rebel.

Synonyms

• Noun (rebellion): Uprising, insurrection, mutiny, insurgency.
• Verb (to rebel): Rebel, rise up, mutiny.
• Verb (to disgust): Disgust, sicken, nauseate, repel, appall.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Revolt against: This is the standard construction for both meanings (to rebel against or to feel disgust toward). It is not typically separated.
  • The colonists revolted against British rule.
  • Every fiber of her being revolted against the lie.

Related Idioms

• In revolt: Actively rebelling.
  • The fleet was in revolt.
• To revolt the stomach: To cause nausea or physical disgust.
  • The sight of the spoiled food revolted his stomach.

Noun

1. organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another

Verb

1. cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of
   • The pornographic pictures sickened us
2. fill with distaste
   • This spoilt food disgusts me
3. make revolution
   • The people revolted when bread prices tripled again