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revel (rev′əl)

intransitive verb reveled -·eled or revelled -·elled, reveling -·el·ing or revelling -·el·ling

  1. to make merry; be noisily festive
  2. 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

  1. boisterous festivity; merrymaking; revelry
  2. an occasion of merrymaking or boisterous festivity; celebration

Etymology: ME < MFr < the v.

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revel Synonyms

revel

n.

carousal, frolic, festivity; see celebration 2, entertainment 1.


revel

v.

  1. To make merry

    frolic, carouse, rejoice, party; see celebrate 3, play 1.

  2. To take pleasure; used with in

    indulge, delight, relish, luxuriate in; see enjoy 1, like 1.


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revel Usage Examples

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.

Modifying Another Word

  • positively: However, some people positively revel in the excitement of last-minute arrangements.

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.

Preposition: in

  • glory: A multitude of great space battles were both won and lost but few survived to revel in any glory.
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And now was acknowledged the presence of the Red Death. He had come like a thief in the night. And one by one dropped the revellers in the blood-bedecked halls of their revel, and died each in the despairing posture of his fall.

-Poe, EdgarAllan

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