revelling

Use revelling in a sentence

After winning the video game for the tenth time in a row, Neil's obnoxious revelling started to annoy his friend.

After winning the video game for the tenth time in a row, Neil's obnoxious revelling started to annoy his friend.

verb

Revelling, also spelled reveling, is defined as having a great time, or delighting in something.

If you go out to celebrate your graduation and you are drinking, partying and having a great time, this is an example of when you are revelling.
If you are watching your worst enemy get fired and you are taking great delight in the situation, this is an example of when you are reveling in your enemy's misfortune.

revelling

Verb

Present participle of revel.

Noun

(plural revellings)

A revel.

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Sentence Examples

For one day and a half he enjoyed the title; the friends of the late Thir Pasha then accomplished his second degradation,i and Cairo was again the scene of terrible enormities, the Albanians revelling in the houses of the Mameluk chiefs, whose hareems met with no mercy at their hands.

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