revolt
verb
[ rɪˈvəʊlt ]
• take violent action against an established government or ruler; rebel.
• "the Iceni revolted and had to be suppressed"
Similar:
rebel,
rise up,
rise,
take to the streets,
take up arms,
riot,
mutiny,
take part in an uprising,
show resistance,
resist/oppose authority,
disobey/defy authority,
refuse to obey orders,
be insubordinate,
• cause to feel disgust.
• "he was revolted by the stench that greeted him"
Similar:
disgust,
sicken,
nauseate,
make someone sick,
make someone feel sick,
make someone's gorge rise,
turn someone's stomach,
upset,
be repugnant to,
repel,
repulse,
be repulsive to,
make someone's flesh crawl,
make someone shudder,
put off,
offend,
be offensive to,
cause offence to,
shock,
horrify,
turn off,
gross out,
disgusting,
sickening,
nauseating,
stomach-turning,
stomach-churning,
repulsive,
repellent,
repugnant,
appalling,
abominable,
hideous,
horrible,
awful,
dreadful,
terrible,
obnoxious,
vile,
nasty,
foul,
loathsome,
offensive,
objectionable,
off-putting,
distasteful,
disagreeable,
uninviting,
abhorrent,
despicable,
reprehensible,
contemptible,
odious,
heinous,
obscene,
hateful,
execrable,
gruesome,
grisly,
vomitous,
sick-making,
ghastly,
putrid,
horrid,
godawful,
gross,
gut-churning,
yucky,
icky,
cringe-making,
beastly,
bogging,
skanky,
noisome,
disgustful,
loathly,
rebarbative,
revolt
noun
• an attempt to end the authority of a person or body by rebelling.
• "a country-wide revolt against the government"
Similar:
rebellion,
revolution,
insurrection,
mutiny,
uprising,
riot,
rioting,
rising,
insurgence,
insurgency,
coup,
overthrow,
seizure of power,
regime change,
subversion,
sedition,
anarchy,
disorder,
protest,
strike,
act of resistance,
act of defiance,
coup d'état,
jacquerie,
putsch,
Origin:
mid 16th century: from French révolte (noun), révolter (verb), from Italian rivoltare, based on Latin revolvere ‘roll back’ (see revolve).
