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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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