different between revolt vs contempt

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French révolter, from Italian rivoltare, itself either from ri- with the verb voltare, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *revolt?re < *revolvit?re, for *revol?t?re, frequentative of Latin revolv? (“roll back”) (through its past participle revol?tus).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???vo?lt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???v??lt/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /???v?lt/
• Rhymes: -??lt
• Hyphenation: re?volt

Verb

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

1. To rebel, particularly against authority.
2. To repel greatly.
   • 1796, Edmund Burke, Letters on a Regicide Peace

     This abominable medley is made rather to revolt young and ingenuous minds.

   • 1870, John Morley, Condorcet (published in the Fortnightly Review

     To derive delight from what inflicts pain on any sentient creature revolted his conscience and offended his reason.

3. To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.
4. (intransitive) To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; used with at.

5. To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.
   • 1886, John Morley, The Life of Turgot

     His clear intelligence revolted from the dominant sophisms of that time.

Translations

Noun

revolt (countable and uncountable, plural revolts)

1. An act of revolt.

   Synonyms: insurrection, rebellion

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Related terms

• revolting

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from French révolte.

Noun

rèvolt m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. revolt

Declension

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English

Alternative forms

• c?tempt, cõtempt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin contemptus (“scorn”), from contemn? (“I scorn, despise”), from com- + temn? (“I despise”). Displaced native Old English forsewennes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?t?mpt/
• Rhymes: -?mpt

Noun

contempt (countable and uncountable, plural contempts)

1. (uncountable) The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.
2. The state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace.
3. (law) Open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body.

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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Further reading

• contempt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• contempt in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• contempt at OneLook Dictionary Search