rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising
(noun) organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
disgust, revolt, nauseate, sicken, churn up
(verb) cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; “The pornographic pictures sickened us”
disgust, gross out, revolt, repel
(verb) fill with distaste; “This spoilt food disgusts me”
revolt
(verb) make revolution; “The people revolted when bread prices tripled again”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
revolt (third-person singular simple present revolts, present participle revolting, simple past and past participle revolted)
To rebel, particularly against authority.
To repel greatly.
To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.
(intransitive) To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; used with at.
To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.
revolt (countable and uncountable, plural revolts)
An act of revolt.
Synonyms: insurrection, rebellion
Source: Wiktionary
Re*volt", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Revolted; p. pr. & vb. n. Revolting.] Etym: [Cf. F. révoller, 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.
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.
Re*volt", n. Etym: [F. révolte, 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 May 2025
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
