revel
to take great pleasure or delight (usually followed by in): to revel in luxury.
to indulge in boisterous festivities; celebrate.
boisterous merrymaking or festivity; revelry.
Often revels . an occasion of merrymaking or noisy festivity with dancing, masking, etc.
Origin of revel
1Other words for revel
Other words from revel
- rev·el·er; especially British, rev·el·ler, noun
- rev·el·ment, noun
- un·rev·el·ing, adjective
- un·rev·el·ling, adjective
Other definitions for Revel (2 of 2)
former Russian name of Tallinn.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
How to use revel in a sentence
It was quite dark and a lonely reveler at the next table seemed to be asleep.
Roden's Corner | Henry Seton MerrimanHe began to bawl a reveler's song, popular with cowboys on a spree, and old man Thomas joined him.
A few cries from some truck driver or belated reveler answer us.
Original Short Stories, Volume 4 (of 13) | Guy de MaupassantEsther emerged from a laurel bush triumphant with a strayed reveler.
Dodo's Daughter | E. F. BensonThe old man who believes that he is loved by a girl is a reveler in the debauchery of his own vanity.
The Starbucks | Opie Percival Read
British Dictionary definitions for revel
/ (ˈrɛvəl) /
(foll by in) to take pleasure or wallow: to revel in success
to take part in noisy festivities; make merry
(often plural) an occasion of noisy merrymaking
a less common word for revelry
Origin of revel
1Derived forms of revel
- reveller, noun
- revelment, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse