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Another word for revel

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Verb

  1. To take extravagant pleasure

    See also:

    like

  2. To show joyful satisfaction in an event, especially by merrymaking

    Idioms:
    See also:

    laughter

  3. To behave riotously

    Idioms:
    See also:

    restraint

Noun

  1. The act of showing joyful satisfaction in an event.

    See also:

    laughter

  2. Joyful, exuberant activity.

    See also:

    laughter

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Another word for revel

Noun
  1. See also:

    entertainment

    celebration

Verb

  1. To make merry

    See also:

    play

    celebrate

  2. To take pleasure; used with in

    See also:

    like

    enjoy

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Sentence Examples

  • You revel in their fine thoughts.

  • They did not revel in carnage.

  • held a tournament or revel, in 1284, on a magnificent scale, to commemorate his conquest of Wales.

  • But I do not scorn to descend thence to the Piraeus, where Socrates sketched the plan of his republic. I shall mount to the double summitlof Parnassus; I shall revel in the joys of Tempe."

  • But Death on guard was something else entirely, and she wasn't going to be the second woman to revel in the heat of his arms this night.

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