Revelry synonyms

rĕv'əl-rē

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festivity
The joy and merriment of a festival or celebration.
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bacchanal
A reveler.
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spree
A period of uninhibited activity
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celebration (related)
That which is done to celebrate
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entertainment (related)
Admission into service; service.
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party (related)
The definition of a party is a gathering of people to have a good time or celebrate an occasion, or a group who do things together or a group of people who share the same political ideals.
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jollity
(Countable) Things, remarks, or characteristics which are enjoyable.
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merriment
(Obs.) Something that amuses or entertains
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merrymaking
Fun; conviviality; festivity
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reveling
A revel.
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riot
An unrestrained outbreak, as of laughter or passions.
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whoopla
Hoopla
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sadness (antonym)
(Uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.
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sobriety (antonym)
Sobriety is a serious state of mind, or when you are not affected by drugs, alcohol or other substances.
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mourning (antonym)
The actions or feelings of one who mourns; specif., the expression of grief at someone's death
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rejoicing
An act of showing joy.
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revel
An instance of merrymaking; a celebration.
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conviviality
The definition of conviviality is partying or feasting.
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festival
Merrymaking; festivity
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festiveness
The quality of being festive; festivity
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gaiety
(Uncountable) The state of being happy.
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laughter (related)
The sound of laughing, produced by air so expelled; any similar sound.
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debauchery (related)
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merry-making (related)
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carouse (related)
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bacchanalian (related)
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frivolity (related)
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saturnalia
Any period or occasion of unrestrained, often orgiastic, revelry
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Revelry Sentence Examples

  • In England a parish-ale or feast was always held after the perambulation, which assured its popularity, and in Henry VIII.'s reign the occasion had become an excuse for so much revelry that it attracted the condemnation of a preacher who declared "these solemne and accustomable processions and supplications be nowe growen into a right foule and detestable abuse."

  • John (Johann Bockelson) of Leiden (1510-1536) took his place and the town became the scene of the grossest licence and cruelty, until in 1535 it was taken by the besieging bishop. Unhappily the Anabaptists have always been remembered by the crimes of John of Leiden and the revelry of Munster.

  • In keeping with this, her festivals at Naxos present a double character; the one, full of mourning and sadness, represents her death or abandonment by Theseus, the other, full of joy and revelry, celebrates her awakening from sleep and marriage with Dionysus.

  • The over-haste of the Puritans to drill England into ways of morality and virtue had thrown at least the upper classes into a slough of revelry and baseness.

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