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Revel

Revel Meaning & Definition
Revel Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Revel?

[n] unrestrained merrymaking
[v] take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter"
[v] be ecstatic with joy
[v] celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities; "The members of the wedding party made merry all night"; "Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Revel: delight | enjoy | jollify | make happy | make merry | make whoopie | racket | rejoice | revelry | triumph | wallow | wassail | whoop it up

Related Terms | Find terms related to Revel:

See Also | bacchanal | bacchanalia | be on cloud nine | bender | binge | booze-up | bout | bust | carousal | carouse | carouse | celebrate | conviviality | debauch | debauchery | drunken revelry | expend | exult | fete | fling | jollification | jump for joy | live it up | merrymaking | orgy | riot | riot | roister | saturnalia | spree | tear | toot | use | walk on air | wallow | whoopee

Revel In Webster's Dictionary

\Rev"el\, n. (Arch.) See {Reveal}. [R.]
\Rev"el\, n. [OF. revel rebellion, disorder, feast, sport. See {Revel}, v. i.] A feast with loose and noisy jollity; riotous festivity or merrymaking; a carousal. This day in mirth and revel to dispend. --Chaucer. Some men ruin . . . their bodies by incessant revels. --Rambler. {Master of the revels}, {Revel master}. Same as {Lord of misrule}, under {Lord}.
\Rev"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Reveled}or {Revelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reveling} or {Revelling}.] [OF. reveler to revolt, rebel, make merry, fr. L. rebellare. See {Rebel}.] 1. To feast in a riotous manner; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian; to make merry. --Shak. 2. To move playfully; to indulge without restraint. ``Where joy most revels.'' --Shak.
\Re*vel"\, v. t. [L. revellere; re- + vellere to pluck, pull.] To draw back; to retract. [Obs.] --Harvey.

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