revel

Luxuriate in festivity

Revel is to take intense pleasure or delight in something: She reveled in her newfound freedom, They reveled in the chaos.

The word suggests enthusiastic, sometimes excessive enjoyment.

As a noun, revels are lively celebrations or festivities, often with drinking and dancing: The revels lasted until dawn.

indulgence

luxuriate

Indulge with great pleasure

gratify · overindulge · savor · feast · debauchery · hedonism · gluttony · satiate · spree · succumb

delight

bask

Enjoy radiant warmth

  • gloryExalted honor and praise
  • relishKeen pleasurable appreciation
  • savorEnjoy with full attention

delight · enjoy · luxuriate · exult · thrill · rejoice · take pleasure · drink in · lap up

merriment

frolic

Lighthearted playful movement

gaiety · conviviality · joviality · mirth · festive · joyous · jubilant · exuberant · rollicking · boisterous

party

bash

Forceful striking blow

  • shindigBoisterous social gathering
  • soireeFormal evening party
  • feteElaborate public celebration

fiesta · gathering · jamboree · ball · reception · carnival · hoedown · mixer · carousal · bacchanal

celebration

commemorate

Honor the memory of

ceremony · jubilee · gala · banquet · toast · ovation · congratulate · acclaim · festivity · recognition

Categories
Opposites
emotional engagement

revelloathe

Intensely dislike

hate · detest · deplore · abhor · dislike

behavioral expression

revelmourn

Grieve for the dead

grieve · lament · abstain · fast · mope

attitude toward experience

revelsuffer

Experience pain or distress

endure · languish · pine · agonize · toil

Family

revelry, reveler, revels, reveling, revelled, revelling, revelers, reveller, reveled

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