to revolt

Examples

• All

• When you told me, my pride revolted at holding you against your will.

  The Divorcee (1930)

• But my body is like, don't do it because I am going to revolt if you do it.

  Sarah Rae Vargas

• But that's what I felt, right, and and it was I so I revolted against the system.

• You were revolting against your parents and you were revolting against some of the fundamental principles you were born into.

• Every inch of him revolts against what he's about to do.

  Fiction book (2002)

• That middle-class patronizing attitude of yours towards the blacks revolts me.

  The Last Wave (1977)

• Their doctrines appear to me pernicious, and their haughtiness revolts me (2, II, 15).

  Academic text (2001)

• The graphic images of the war revolted many viewers, causing them to turn away from the screen.

• She was revolted by the unfair treatment of the animals in the shelter.

• His harsh words revolted her, leaving her feeling deeply offended.

Synonyms

O

to outrage

vsto revolt

143 3.9

Make people feel very angry and shocked

centres on moral aversion without the added anger element

H

to horrify

vsto revolt

90 4.3

Make someone feel very shocked, afraid, or disgusted

leans more toward moral disgust than fear or shock

D

to disgust

vsto revolt

83 2.1

To make someone feel strong dislike and sick because something is offensive

stresses moral aversion as well as intense revulsion

T

to turn off

vsto revolt

• Informal

44 4.4

To make someone feel strong dislike

is stronger and more morally charged than mere distaste

S

to sicken

vsto revolt

27 4.3

Make someone feel disgusted or shocked by bad actions

often implies deep, lasting moral aversion rather than brief shock

G

to gross out

vsto revolt

• Informal

14 7.3

Make someone feel disgusted or sick

is the more general and formal expression for strong aversion

T

to turn one's stomach

vsto revolt

6 7.0

To make you feel sick or disgusted

applies more to moral or emotional aversion than to nausea

R

to repel

vsto revolt

5 5.1

Cause someone to feel strong dislike or disgust

places more weight on moral objection and intense revulsion

N

to nauseate

vsto revolt

3 6.9

To make someone feel sick or disgusted

covers moral or emotional aversion as well as physical sickness

C

to churn up

vsto revolt

• Informal

1 7.3

Make people feel strong disgust or moral upset

is used for intense moral aversion alongside strong revulsion

R

to revulse

vsto revolt

9.3

Make someone feel sudden shock or disgust

is not necessarily sudden, focusing on deep moral aversion

Antonyms

S

to satisfy

172 2.0

Make someone happy by meeting their need or wish

Compounds

G

Great Revolt

9.9

A large uprising in England in 1381 against unfair taxes and laws

P

Peasant's Revolt

9.3

A major uprising in England in 1381 when country people protested taxes and unfair treatment by rulers

P

Peasants' Revolt

8.7

A large rebellion in England in 1381 by poor farmers against taxes and unfair treatment

How Disgusted

to appall

64 5.5

to revolt

29 5.3

to horrify

90 4.3

to disgust

83 2.1

Surface Forms

Etymology