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Another word for revel

revel Synonyms

revel

n.

carousal, frolic, festivity; see celebration 2, entertainment 1.

revel Synonyms

revel

v.

To make merry
frolic, carouse, rejoice, party; see celebrate 3, play 1.
To take pleasure; used with in
indulge, delight, relish, luxuriate in; see enjoy 1, like 1.

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Another word for revel

verb

To take extravagant pleasure:
bask, indulge, luxuriate, roll, rollick, wallow. See like
To show joyful satisfaction in an event, especially by merrymaking:
celebrate, rejoice. Idioms: kill the fatted calf, make merry. See laughter
To behave riotously:
carouse, frolic, riot, roister. (Informal) hell (around). Idioms: blow off steam, cut loose, kick over the traces, kick up one's heels, let go, let loose, make merry, make whoopee, paint the town red, raise Cain (or the devil) (or hell), whoop it up. See restraint

noun

The act of showing joyful satisfaction in an event.
Often used in plural: celebration, festivity, merrymaking, rejoicing, revelry. See laughter
Joyful, exuberant activity.
Often used in plural: conviviality, festival, festiveness, festivity, fun, gaiety, jollity, merriment, merrymaking, revelry. See laughter

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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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