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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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But this got by casting pearl to hogs,
That bawl for freedom in their senseless mood,
And still revolt when trith would set them free.
--Milton.
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His clear intelligence revolted from the dominant
sophisms of that time. --J. Morley.
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2. Hence, to be faithless; to desert one party or leader for
another; especially, to renounce allegiance or subjection;
to rise against a government; to rebel.
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Our discontented counties do revolt. --Shak.
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Plant those that have revolted in the van. --Shak.
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3. To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to
feel nausea; -- with at; as, the stomach revolts at such
food; his nature revolts at cruelty.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
22 Moby Thesaurus words for "revolted":
anguished, anxious, bored, cheerless, depressed, disgusted, grim,
joyless, nauseated, nauseous, pleasureless, prey to malaise,
repelled, sad, sickened, suffering angst, uneasy, unfulfilled,
ungratified, unhappy, unquiet, unsatisfied
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