festive

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• make: Cheryl a cute touch to make the season more festive.

Modifies a noun

• cheer: So perhaps there is a note of festive cheer to strike about managed services.
• season: How about spending the festive season in Lapland, Thailand or Rio?
• fayre: Ten top tips to help cooks prepare safe festive fayre have been served up by Tynedale Council's Environmental Health Section.
• feast: A seasonal treat for the senses A festive feast for the senses will be on offer at Frodsham Christmas Festival this year.
• frolic: Expect to see festive frolics involving our own ZEEB?

Modifying Another Word

• suitably: The Headteacher's chair looked suitably festive during the last week of term, complete with colored lights!
• truly: This would include ( in my book ) not playing them in a high key unless you are all in truly festive mode.
• very: The Christmas markets held their usual charms and were very festive.
• really: The resorts look really festive when the Christmas decorations are up and the place is knee-deep in snow.
• quite: A situation that was probably quite festive suddenly turns nasty, and mere tiredness turns to terror at the prospect of being drowned.
• delightfully: The delightfully festive evening comprises of a full program of entertainment and a delicious four-course dinner.

Used with adjective complement

• feel: And if you're feeling especially festive, why not try to track down Santa Claus himself?
• look: The Headteacher's chair looked suitably festive during the last week of term, complete with colored lights!
• get: This is the best way for you all to get festive without the cheese.
• seem: Bodies were pressed closer together, although the atmosphere still seemed festive rather than aggressive.