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REVOLT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another

Synonyms:

insurrection; rebellion; revolt; rising; uprising

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("revolt" is a kind of...):

battle; conflict; struggle (an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "revolt"):

insurgence; insurgency (an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict)

intifada; intifadah (an uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000)

mutiny (open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers))

Instance hyponyms:

Great Revolt; Peasant's Revolt (a widespread rebellion in 1381 against poll taxes and other inequities that oppressed the poorer people of England; suppressed by Richard II)

Indian Mutiny; Sepoy Mutiny (discontent with British administration in India led to numerous mutinies in 1857 and 1858; the revolt was put down after several battles and sieges (notably the siege at Lucknow))

Derivation:

revolt (make revolution)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of

Example:

The pornographic pictures sickened us

Synonyms:

churn up; disgust; nauseate; revolt; sicken

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "revolt" is one way to...):

repel; repulse (be repellent to; cause aversion in)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "revolt"):

appal; appall; offend; outrage; scandalise; scandalize; shock (strike with disgust or revulsion)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The performance is likely to revolt Sue

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fill with distaste

Example:

This spoilt food disgusts me

Synonyms:

disgust; gross out; repel; revolt

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "revolt" is one way to...):

excite; stimulate; stir (stir feelings in)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "revolt"):

nauseate; sicken; turn one's stomach (upset and make nauseated)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make revolution

Example:

The people revolted when bread prices tripled again

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "revolt" is one way to...):

arise; rebel; rise; rise up (take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

revolt (organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another)

revolution (the overthrow of a government by those who are governed)

Credits

 Context examples: 

It was like the trap, and all his instinct resented it and revolted against it.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

I know no medium: I never in my life have known any medium in my dealings with positive, hard characters, antagonistic to my own, between absolute submission and determined revolt.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Everything that revolts other people, low company, paltry rooms, foul air, disgusting associations are inviting to you.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

And when I came to you, that night, to lay down all my load of shame and grief, and knew that I had to tell that, underneath your roof, one of my own kindred, to whom you had been a benefactor, for the love of me, had spoken to me words that should have found no utterance, even if I had been the weak and mercenary wretch he thought me—my mind revolted from the taint the very tale conveyed.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Rather, as there was something abnormal and misbegotten in the very essence of the creature that now faced me—something seizing, surprising and revolting—this fresh disparity seemed but to fit in with and to reinforce it; so that to my interest in the man’s nature and character, there was added a curiosity as to his origin, his life, his fortune and status in the world.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

I cannot give the further particulars of the horrible scene that followed. It was too revolting.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The event was so shocking, that there were moments even when her heart revolted from it as impossible: when she thought it could not be.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Then she left the revolt of her thought unexpressed to cry out: "Oh! It is degrading! It is not nice! It is nasty!"

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The insidious revolt led by Buck had destroyed the solidarity of the team.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Every little while, however, one dog or another would flame up in revolt and be promptly subdued.

(White Fang, by Jack London)