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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024re•volt•ing /rɪˈvoʊltɪŋ/USA pronunciation adj. - disgusting;
causing a feeling of horror:a revolting scene in the movie.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024re•volt•ing (ri vōl′ting),USA pronunciation adj. - disgusting;
repulsive:a revolting sight. - rebellious.
re•volt′ing•ly, adv. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: revolting /rɪˈvəʊltɪŋ/ adj - causing revulsion; nauseating, disgusting, or repulsive
- informal unpleasant or nasty
reˈvoltingly adv re•volt /rɪˈvoʊlt/USA pronunciation v. - to engage in a revolution;
rebel:[no object]The peasants wanted to revolt against the government. - to (cause to) have a feeling of disgust or horror in (someone): [~ + object]The violence in that movie revolted her.[no object]One's mind revolts at the thought of killing.
n. - an act of rebellion: [countable]an open revolt against the dean's power.[uncountable]peasants in revolt against the government.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024re•volt (ri vōlt′),USA pronunciation v.i. - to break away from or rise against constituted authority, as by open rebellion;
cast off allegiance or subjection to those in authority;
rebel;
mutiny:to revolt against the present government. - to turn away in mental rebellion, utter disgust, or abhorrence (usually fol. by from):He revolts from eating meat.
- to rebel in feeling (usually fol. by against):to revolt against parental authority.
- to feel horror or aversion (usually fol. by at):to revolt at the sight of blood.
v.t. - to affect with disgust or abhorrence:Such low behavior revolts me.
n. - the act of revolting;
an insurrection or rebellion. - an expression or movement of spirited protest or dissent:a voter revolt at the polls.
- Italian rivolta, derivative of rivoltare
- French révolte
- Vulgar Latin *revolvitāre, frequentative of Latin revolvere to roll back, unroll, revolve; (noun, nominal)
- Italian rivoltare to turn around
- Middle French revolter
- (verb, verbal) 1540–50
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged uprising, disorder, putsch.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: revolt /rɪˈvəʊlt/ n - a rebellion or uprising against authority
- in revolt ⇒ in the process or state of rebelling
vb - (intransitive) to rise up in rebellion against authority
- (usually passive) to feel or cause to feel revulsion, disgust, or abhorrence
Etymology: 16th Century: from French révolter to revolt, from Old Italian rivoltare to overturn, ultimately from Latin revolvere to roll back, revolve |