revel as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
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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
Moby thesaurus: adore, anniversaries, appreciate, bacchanal, ball, banquet, bask in, bat, be pleased with, bender, binge, bout, bust, caper, caracole, carnival, carol, carousal, carouse, celebrate, celebrating, celebration, ceremony, chirp, chirrup, clap hands, commemoration, crow over, cut loose, dance, debauch, delight, delight in, derive pleasure from, devour, dressing ship, drinking bout, eat up, enjoy, escapade, exult, fanfare, fanfaronade, feast, feast on, festival, festivity, fete, fling, flourish of trumpets, freak out on, frisk, frolic, gaiety, gala, gambol, get high on, gloat over, glory, glory in, groove on, hell, hell around, high jinks, holiday, indulge in, jamboree, jollify, jollity, jolly, joy, joyance, jubilate, jubilation, jubilee, lap up, lark, let go, let loose, let off steam, like, lilt, live it up, love, luxuriate in, mad round, make merry, make whoopee, marking the occasion, memorialization, memory, merriment, merrymaking, observance, orgy, ovation, party, ploy, pub-crawl, raise hell, randan, randy, regale, regalement, rejoice, rejoice in, rejoicing, religious rites, relish, remembrance, revel in, reveling, revelment, revelry, riot, riot in, rite, ritual observance, roister, rollick, romp, round of pleasures, salute, salvo, saturnalia, savor, see life, sing, skip, skip for joy, skylark, skylarking, smack the lips, solemn observance, solemnization, spree, step out, swim in, take pleasure in, tear, testimonial, testimonial banquet, testimonial dinner, toast, toot, treat, tribute, triumph, wallow in, wanton, wassail, welter, whistle, whoop it up, whoopee, wingding ... show more.
revelling
noun
Roget 838:
rejoicing,
exultation,
triumph,
jubilation,
heyday,
flush,
revelling;
merrymaking
etc.
(amusement)
840;
jubilee
etc.
(celebration)
883;
paean,
Te Deum
etc.
(thanksgiving)
990 [Lat.];
congratulation
etc.
896.
smile,
simper,
smirk,
grin;
broad grin,
sardonic grin.
laughter
(amusement)
840.
risibility;
derision
etc.
856.
Momus;
Democritus the Abderite†;
rollicker†.
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