revel Definition
revel (rev′əl)
intransitive verb -·eled or -·elled, -·el·ing or -·el·ling
- to make merry; be noisily festive
- to take much pleasure; delight (in) to revel in one's freedom
Etymology: ME revelen < MFr reveler, to revel, lit., to rebel < L rebellare: see rebel
noun
- boisterous festivity; merrymaking; revelry
- an occasion of merrymaking or boisterous festivity; celebration
Etymology: ME < MFr < the v.
revel Related Forms
rev′·eler noun or rev′·el·ler
revel Synonyms
revel Synonyms
revel
v.
revel Usage Examples
Object
crowd: But it was Bedfordâs party and most of the 2,500 crowd reveled in it.
Converse of object
hold: William Thomas maintains that the revel held in St. Andrews Major was ' no more than 50 yrs making ' .
Adjective modifier
- most: Most zeros revel in asset cover high enough to satisfy even the most nervous investor.
- high: High revel was held at night to celebrate the triennial achievement.
- good: Good photographers revel in making you comfortable before their camera.
Modifying Another Word
- positively: However, some people positively revel in the excitement of last-minute arrangements.
- clearly: He rarely loses a challenge in the air and is clearly reveling in his role with the Lichties.
- all: We were all reveling in the stunning beauty of the scenery and keeping a wary eye on the army in front of us.
- just: Or just revel in re-runs of old eighties classics.
- also: He also reveled in the attention of being at that time, the only foreigner in Scottish football outwith the Premier League.
- simply: If you love reading you will simply revel in Paul Jennings ' sheer enthusiasm for books and reading.
Noun used with modifier
- I: The sights and sounds of the world fill my senses and I revel in the sensation of the friendly breeze which strokes my skin.
- film: Green's characters are thinkers and the film revels in charting the intricacies of their mental and emotional development.
- child: The visits are always great fun and the children revel in the rugby ethos of fun, skills and competition.
Preposition: in
- glory: A multitude of great space battles were both won and lost but few survived to revel in any glory.
- joy: Who, more than a surfer, revels in the unique joy of bodily incarnation?
- sunshine: Today, however, the weather was fine and we reveled in the sunshine.
- excitement: A true surfers ' paradise where you can revel in the excitement of its thunderous surf or simply relax under clear blue skies.
- luxury: He can only imagine himself in the same position reveling in luxuries and yet here is Hitler who scorns them all.
- beauty: I am a country lover, I live here, love the wildlife, revel in te beauty.
Browse dictionary entries near revel
- ‹ reveille
- ‹ revegetate
- ‹ revealed religion
- ‹ reveal
- ‹ revanchism
- ‹ revanche
- ‹ revamp
- ‹ revaluate
- ‹ rev. stat.
- ‹ rev. rul.
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