revoltverb
uk/rɪˈvəʊlt/us/rɪˈvoʊlt/revolt verb (PROTEST)
C2 [ I ] If a large number of people revolt, they refuse to be controlled or ruled, and take action against authority, often violent action:
The people revolted against foreign rule and established their own government.
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Taking action against people in power
- anarchist
- angry young man
- bring
- bring sb down
- counter-revolution
- insurgent
- mujahideen
- mutineer
- mutiny
- overthrow
- palace coup
- partisan
- poacher
- put sth down 1
- riot
- riotous
- rising
- secede
- state of emergency
- uprising
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revolt verb (UNPLEASANT FEELING)
C2 [ T ] to make someone feel unpleasantly shocked or disgusted:
We were revolted by the dirt and mess in her house.
It revolts me to know that the world spends so much money on arms when millions are dying of hunger.
See also
revulsion
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Inspiring dislike
- aversive
- disgust
- gross
- gross sb out
- gross-out
- ick
- it makes me (want to) puke idiom
- puke
- repel
- repulse
- sick
revoltnoun [ C or U ]
uk/rɪˈvəʊlt/us/rɪˈvoʊlt/an attempt to get rid of a government by using violence:
Troops were called in to crush/put down the revolt.
The army is in revolt (against its commanders).
See also
revolution
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Taking action against people in power
- anarchist
- angry young man
- bring
- bring sb down
- counter-revolution
- insurgent
- mujahideen
- mutineer
- mutiny
- overthrow
- palace coup
- partisan
- poacher
- put sth down 1
- riot
- riotous
- rising
- secede
- state of emergency
- uprising
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