revel as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
- 2
revel
noun
1 revel
Unrestrained merrymaking.
synonym: revelry.
Dutch: feestvreugde, feestgedruis, feestgewoel
verb
1 revel
Take delight in.
synonyms: delight, enjoy.
Roget 954:
be intemperate
etc.
adj.;
indulge,
exceed;
live well,
live high,
live high on the fat of the land,
live it up,
live high on the hog;
give a loose to indulgence
etc.
n.;
wallow in voluptuousness
etc.
n.;
plunge into dissipation.
revel;
rake,
live hard,
run riot,
sow one's wild oats;
slake one's appetite,
slake one's thirst;
swill;
pamper.
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2 revel
Celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities.
synonyms: jollify, make happy, make merry, make whoopie, racket, wassail, whoop it up.
Roget 840:
amuse,
entertain,
divert,
enliven;
tickle the fancy;
titillate,
raise a smile,
put in good humor;
cause laughter,
create laughter,
occasion laughter,
raise laughter,
excite laughter,
produce laughter,
convulse with laughter;
set the table in a roar,
be the death of one.
recreate,
solace,
cheer,
rejoice;
please
etc.
829;
interest;
treat,
regale.
amuse oneself,
game;
play a game,
play pranks,
play tricks;
sport,
disport,
toy,
wanton,
revel,
junket,
feast,
carouse,
banquet,
make merry,
drown care;
drive dull care away;
frolic,
gambol,
frisk,
romp;
caper;
dance
etc.
(leap)
309;
keep up the ball;
run a rig,
sow one's wild oats,
have one's fling,
take one's pleasure;
paint the town red [Slang];
see life;
desipere in loco [Lat.],
play the fool.
make holiday,
keep holiday;
go a Maying.
while away the time,
beguile the time;
kill time,
dally.
smile,
simper,
smirk;
grin,
grin like a Cheshire cat;
mock,
laugh in one's sleeve;
laugh,
laugh outright;
giggle,
titter,
snigger,
crow,
snicker,
chuckle,
cackle;
burst out,
burst into a fit of laughter;
shout,
split,
roar.
shake one's sides,
split one's sides,
hold both one's sides;
roar with laughter,
die with laughter.
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Dutch: opwekken
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