revelled

Delighted in excess

Revelled is the past tense of revel, meaning to take great pleasure or delight in something: She revelled in her newfound freedom.

It can also mean to engage in lively celebration or merrymaking: They revelled late into the night.

This spelling is standard in British English; American English uses reveled.

delight

basked

Absorbed warmth contentedly

gloried · delighted · wallowed · indulged · exulted · rejoiced · thrilled · elated · overjoyed · ecstatic

celebration

partied

Celebrated socially, festively

festivities · gala · banquet · fete · carnival · fiesta · jamboree · soiree · shindig · bash

excess

caroused

Drank and celebrated noisily

indulgent · libertine · decadent · dissipated · riotous · raucous · boisterous · unrestrained · uninhibited · abandoned

Opposites
enjoyment/pleasure

revelledsuffered

Underwent pain or hardship

agonized · grieved · lamented · mourned · despaired

engagement style

revelledendured

Bore without yielding

tolerated · bore · withstood · put up with · stomached

engagement/withdrawal

revelledshunned

Persistently avoided socially

avoided · fled · abstained · retreated · shirked

Family

revelling

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