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revolted

revolted is the simple past and past participle of revolt.

Meaning of revolt

Verb

revolt (third-person singular simple present revolts, present participle revolting, simple past and past participle revolted)

  1. (intransitive) To rebel, particularly against authority.
    • The farmers had to revolt against the government to get what they deserved.
  2. (transitive) To repel greatly.
    • Your brother revolts me!
  3. (intransitive) To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; used with at.
    • The stomach revolts at such food; his nature revolts at cruelty.
  4. To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.
    • The foring clouds into fad fhowres y molt; / So to her yold the flames, and did their force reuolt.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 567
  5. To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.
    • And ſtill revolt when truth would ſet them free.1673, John Milton, “[Sonnet] XII. On the Same [Tetrachordon].”, in Poems, &c. upon Several Occasions, London: […] Tho[mas] Dring […], →OCLC, page 57
  6. to perform a revolution in Tycoon, reversing the card hierarchy
    Antonyms:
    counterrevolt

See all 7 meanings of revolt

Forms of revolted

comparativemore revolted
superlativemost revolted

Words formed from revolted

Questions about revolted

What is revolted the simple past and past participle of?
Revolted is the simple past and past participle of revolt.

Words near revolted in the dictionary

  1. Revolorio
  2. Revolorios
  3. revolt
  4. revoltade
  5. revoltades
  6. revolted
  7. revoltedly
  8. revolter
  9. revolters
  10. revoltest
  11. revolteth

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