revolt

[US]/rɪˈvəʊlt/
[UK]/rɪˈvoʊlt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. & vi. feel disgust or aversion towards
vi. to rebel; to betray
n. a rebellion; an uprising

Phrases & Collocations

violent revolt

peasant revolt

stage a revolt

in revolt

revolt against

revolt at

Example Sentences

This is revolting to me.

The stomach revolts at such food.

to revolt at a public display of cruelty.

The suppression of the revolt took a mere two days.

the country was a hotbed of revolt and dissension.

a popular revolt against colonial rule.

a country-wide revolt against the central government.

a revolt over tax increases.

It is revolting to our idea of morality.

revolting against high taxes.

They revolted from the sight.

Such cruelty revolted him.

a revolting smell of bad eggs

The violence in the movie revolted me.

Rumors of a revolt were afloat.

to revolt against uncongenially banausic employment

The government squashed the revolt cruelly.

Real-world Examples

" You considered Smith? " said Harry, revolted.

Source: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

My husband likes white sliced, unfortunately. And that is just revolting.

Source: PBS Interview Social Series

" I wouldn't eat that, I'm sure it'd be revolting."

Source: Oxford University: IELTS Foreign Teacher Course

Who would have thought something so revolting could do so much good?

Source: Scishow Selected Series

But there are differences between the two revolts.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

But Buck was in open revolt.

Source: The Call of the Wild

You could use general negative adjectives like disgusting or revolting.

Source: Oxford University: IELTS Foreign Teacher Course

She cried in a frenzy of bitter revolt.

Source: Returning Home

Also today, official video showed Russian military chief General Valery Gerasimov, a target of Prigozhin's revolt.

Source: PBS English News

He adopted the code name Spartacus for himself, after the famed leader of the Roman slave revolt.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

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