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celebratory
[ sel-uh-bruh-tawr-ee ]
adjective
- relating to or being the commemoration of an event with ceremonies or festivities:
The month of December features several celebratory occasions for our family—both our parents’ birthdays, their wedding anniversary, and Christmas.
- expressing praise:
His new single, recorded last month, is a celebratory ode to family and life on the land.
- of or relating to a party, drinking spree, or uninhibited good time:
The New Year was underway at the ski resort even before the celebratory hangovers from last night's party had faded away.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of celebratory1
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Example Sentences
With Labor Day around the corner, many of us are still stuck on how to celebrate the day off, while also staying safe and socially distant.
It’s also partnering with the National Safety Council to develop guidelines for safe ways to celebrate Halloween amid the pandemic.
We hope to be able to celebrate together in the future, and we’ll be in touch if we are able to set a new date.
Major League Baseball celebrates a pandemic-delayed Jackie Robinson day, the NBA gets back to work following the Jacob Blake strikes, and protestors march on Washington—once again.
This event celebrates the day women were granted the right to vote on August 26, 1920, when the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution was certified as law.
I expected it to be less traditional, more celebratory, possibly even a little camp.
Akbar and McCain raced out of the courtroom, recording a celebratory Vine in the elevator.
It transforms the protest into a joyful celebratory atmosphere that is hard to control.
For the first time in this war, the sounds of rifle file were celebratory rather than a part of combat.
Homeland fans made ranting about the awfulness of petulant teen Dana Brody into a weekly celebratory ritual.
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