revolt

revolt
Synonyms and related words:
antagonism, antipathy, appall, arise, backlash, bloodless revolution, bouleversement, boycott, boycottage, break, breakdown, breakup, cataclysm, catastrophe, challenge, civil disorder, clashing, clean slate, clean sweep, collision, combative reaction, complain, complain loudly, complaint, computer revolution, conflict, confront, confutation, contend with, contradiction, contraposition, contrariety, convulsion, counteraction, counterposition, counterrevolution, counterworking, coup d'etat, crankiness, crotchetiness, debacle, defiance, defy, demur, disapprove of, disgust, dispute, dissent, dissentience, emeute, face down, face out, face up to, fractiousness, friction, front, general uprising, give offense, go on strike, go out, grimace, gross out, hold out, horrify, insurge, insurgence, insurgency, insurrect, insurrection, interference, jacquerie, job action, kick, kick against, levee en masse, lock out, lockout, look askance at, make a stand, meet head-on, mount the barricades, mutineer, mutiny, nauseate, negativism, nonconformity, noncooperation, object, objection, obstinacy, offend, offer resistance, oppose, opposition, opposure, oppugnance, oppugnancy, outbreak, outlaw strike, overthrow, overturn, palace revolution, passive resistance, peasant revolt, perverseness, picket, protest, put off, putsch, radical change, reaction, rebel, rebellion, rebuff, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, recalcitrate, recalcitration, recoil, refractoriness, reluct, reluctance, reluctate, remonstrance, remonstrate, renitence, renitency, renounce, repel, repellence, repellency, repercussion, repugnance, repulse, repulsion, resist, resistance, revolt at, revolute, revolution, revolutionary war, revolutionize, revulsion, riot, rise, rise against, rise up, rising, rulebook slowdown, run riot, shock, show distaste for, show fight, shrink from, shudder at, shut it down, sick-in, sicken, sit down, sit-down, sit-down strike, slow down, slowdown, spasm, stand, stand at bay, stand up against, stand up to, strike, striking alteration, strive against, subversion, subvert, sweeping change, swimming upstream, sympathy strike, tabula rasa, take-over, technological revolution, tie-up, total change, transilience, turn, turn the stomach, turnout, uncooperativeness, uprising, upset, violent change, walk out, walkout, wildcat strike, withstand, withstanding, work stoppage

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  • Revolt — Re*volt , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Revolted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Revolting}.] [Cf. F. r[ e]voller, It. rivoltare. See {Revolt}, n.] 1. To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Revolt — Re*volt , v. t. 1. To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To do violence to; to cause to turn away or shrink with abhorrence; to shock; as, to revolt the feelings. [1913 Webster] This… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Revolt — Re*volt , n. [F. r[ e]volte, 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;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • revolt — I noun agitation, apostasy, change of sides, contrariety, counteraction, defection, defectio, defiance, desertion, disobedience, dissension, faithlessness, inconstancy, insubordination, insurgency, insurrection, motus, mutiny, noncompliance,… …   Law dictionary

  • revolt — [n] uprising defection, displeasure, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, rebellion, revolution, rising, sedition; concepts 106,300,320 Ant. calm, harmony, peace revolt [v1] rebel, rise up against arise, boycott, break, defect, defy, drop out, get… …   New thesaurus

  • revolt — [ri vōlt′] n. [Fr révolte < révolter, to revolt < It rivoltare < VL * revolutare, for L revolvere: see REVOLVE] 1. a rising up against the government; rebellion; insurrection 2. any refusal to submit to or accept authority, custom, etc.… …   English World dictionary

  • rèvolt — m 1. {{001f}}jako negodovanje, ozlojeđenost, oštro opiranje, ogorčenje 2. {{001f}}ustanak, pobuna ✧ {{001f}}fr …   Veliki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika

  • revolt — (v.) 1540s, from M.Fr. revolter, from It. rivoltare to overthrow, overturn, from V.L. *revolvitare to overturn, overthrow, frequentative of L. revolvere (pp. revolutus) turn, roll back (see REVOLVE (Cf. revolve)). The noun is from 1550s.… …   Etymology dictionary

  • revolt — rèvolt m DEFINICIJA 1. jako negodovanje, ozlojeđenost, oštro opiranje, ogorčenje 2. ustanak, pobuna ETIMOLOGIJA fr. révolte …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • revolt — n revolution, uprising, insurrection, *rebellion, mutiny, putsch, coup Analogous words: insubordination, seditiousness or sedition, factiousness, contumaciousness or contumacy (see corresponding adjectives at INSUBORDINATE) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • revolt — ► VERB 1) rebel against or defy an authority. 2) cause to feel disgust. ► NOUN ▪ an act of rebellion or defiance. DERIVATIVES revolting adjective. ORIGIN French révolter, from Latin revolvere roll back …   English terms dictionary

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