revolt

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   make revolution

   The people revolted when bread prices tripled again.

2. 2
   verb

   To rebel, particularly against authority.

   The farmers had to revolt against the government to get what they deserved.

3. 3
   verb

   To repel greatly.

   Your brother revolts me!

4. 4
   verb

   To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; used with at.

   The stomach revolts at such food; his nature revolts at cruelty.

Borrowed from French révolter, from Italian rivoltare, itself either from ri- with the verb voltare, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *revoltāre < *revolvitāre, for *revolūtāre, frequentative of Latin revolvō (“roll back”) (through its past participle revolūtus). Compare typologically Russian переворо́т (perevorót) (akin to верте́ть (vertétʹ).

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