festal
Suited for gaiety
Festal means relating to or appropriate for a feast or festival—celebratory, joyous, festive: festal decorations, a festal atmosphere.
The word is somewhat literary and appears more often in formal or religious contexts than in everyday speech: The church was prepared for the festal occasion.
Extremely happy, triumphant
- ceremonialRelating to formal rites
- joyousExtremely glad
- celebratoryMarking an achievement joyfully
- galaFestive formal occasion
merry · rejoicing · revelry · carnival · banquet · holiday · pageant · commemoration
Of public worship rites
- sacredWorthy of reverence
- holyDedicated to the divine
- sacramentalOf sacred rites
- ecclesiasticalRelating to church matters
ritualistic · devotional · Easter · Christmas · Passover · Diwali · Eid · solemnity
jubilant
Extremely happy, triumphant
- ceremonialRelating to formal rites
- joyousExtremely glad
- celebratoryMarking an achievement joyfully
gala · merry · rejoicing · revelry · carnival · banquet · holiday · pageant · commemoration · triumphant
liturgical
Of public worship rites
- sacredWorthy of reverence
- holyDedicated to the divine
- sacramentalOf sacred rites
ecclesiastical · ritualistic · devotional · Easter · Christmas · Passover · Diwali · Eid · solemnity · vespers
garland
Decorative strand of foliage
adorned · bedecked · banner · streamer · ribbon · canopy · centerpiece · flowers · lights · tablescape
festalfunereal
Gloomily solemn in manner
mournful · somber · lugubrious · doleful · sad
- beer festivalsEvents celebrating craft brews
- music festivalMulti-day concert event
- flower festivalEvent celebrating ornamental blooms
- film festivalMulti-day movie exhibition
- literary festivalEvent celebrating authors and books
- street festivalOpen-air urban celebration
festival, festive, festivity, festivities, festivals, festoon