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1. revolt
noun. ['rɪˈvoʊlt, riːˈvoʊlt'] organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another.
Synonyms
- intifadah
- insurgence
- insurgency
- rebellion
- mutiny
- rising
- uprising
- conflict
- insurrection
- intifada
- battle
Antonyms
- please
- pull
- better
- keep
Etymology
- révolter (French)
- rivoltare (Italian)
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Rhymes with Revolt
- picoult
- stolte
- stolt
- stoldt
- schmoldt
- woldt
- solt
- rolt
- nolte
- nolt
- molt
- jolt
- holte
- holt
- hohlt
- colt
- bolte
- bolt
- boldt
- oldt
Sentences with revolt
1. Verb, base form
If done too quickly, this can cause Kitty's stomach to revolt.
2. Noun, singular or mass
And, of course, if ever the parents thought about selling, the children waged a successful revolt.
Quotes about revolt
1. Reading 'Youth in Revolt' might have ruined my career because suddenly I wanted to abandon all the emotional truth of something and just go out far on a literary limb with completely implausible things that relied completely on voice and humor. And what saved me is realizing that I couldn't do that very well.
- Rob Thomas
2. Art is a revolt against fate. All art is a revolt against man's fate.
- Andre Malraux
3. Do you see the story? Do you see anything? It seems to me I am trying to tell you a dream--making a vain attempt, because no relation of a dream can convey the dream-sensation, that commingling of absurdity, surprise, and bewilderment in a tremor of struggling revolt, that notion of being captured by the incredible which is the very essence of dreams...
- Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
2. revolt
verb. ['rɪˈvoʊlt, riːˈvoʊlt'] fill with distaste.
Synonyms
- gross out
- turn one's stomach
- disgust
- stimulate
- stir
- repel
- sicken
- nauseate
Antonyms
- descending
- falling
- past
- present
Etymology
- révolter (French)
- rivoltare (Italian)
3. revolt
verb. ['rɪˈvoʊlt, riːˈvoʊlt'] make revolution.
Synonyms
- rise
- rebel
- arise
Antonyms
- agreement
- compatibility
- depress
- desensitise
Etymology
- révolter (French)
- rivoltare (Italian)
4. revolt
verb. ['rɪˈvoʊlt, riːˈvoʊlt'] cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of.
Synonyms
- churn up
- scandalize
- outrage
- disgust
- scandalise
- repulse
- repel
- sicken
- appal
- nauseate
- offend
- shock
Antonyms
- respect
- spread
- make peace
- defend
Etymology
- révolter (French)
- rivoltare (Italian)