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Meaning of 'revel' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Revel [ n.]
- See Reveal.
2 . Revel [ v. i.]
- A feast with loose and noisy jollity; riotous festivity or merrymaking; a carousal.
- To feast in a riotous manner; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian; to make merry.
- To move playfully; to indulge without restraint.
3 . Revel [ v. t.]
- To draw back; to retract.

Meaning of 'revel' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . revel [ v]
Meaning (1):
- take delight in
Example in sentence:
  • he delights in his granddaughter
Meaning (2):
- celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities
Example in sentence:
  • Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!;
  • The members of the wedding party made merry all night

Nearby Words:

revaccinate revalescence revalescent revaluation revamp reve reveal revealability revealable revealed

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