Revel

Definitions: Revel

Revel

Noun

1. Unrestrained merrymaking.

Verb

1. Take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter".

2. Celebrate noisily; engage in uproarious festivities; "The members of the wedding party made merry all night"; "Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!".

3. Be ecstatic with joy.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "revel" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Synonyms: Revel

Amusement

Amuse oneself, game; play a game, play pranks, play tricks; sport, disport, toy, wanton, revel, junket, feast, carouse, banquet, make merry, drown care; drive dull care away; frolic, gambol, frisk, romp; caper; dance; (leap); keep up the ball; run a rig, sow one's wild oats, have one's fling, take one's pleasure; paint the town red; see life; desipere in loco, play the fool.

Intemperance

Revel; rake, live hard, run riot, sow one's wild oats; slake one's appetite, slake one's thirst; swill; pamper.

Physical Pleasure

Verb: feel pleasure, experience pleasure, receive pleasure; enjoy, relish; luxuriate in, revel in, riot in, bask in, swim in, drink up, eat up, wallow in; feast on; gloat over, float on; smack the lips.

Crosswords: Revel

Revel in your time. (Blade Runner; writing credit: Philip K. Dick; Hampton Fancher)

Rhythm Revel (1941)

Beau Revel (1921)

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Books

• Empowered by Praise: How God Responds When You Revel in His Glory (reference)

• Magnificence (The Revel Plays) (reference)

• Revel (reference)

• Revel, Riot and Rebellion (reference)

• Scholars and Scholarship: The Interaction Between Judaism and Other Cultures: The Bernard Revel Graduate School Conference Volume (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Calliope Dances-A Renaissance Revel (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Head Quarters staff: 1) Colonel Vico; 2) Major the Honourable Leicester Curzon; 3) Lord Burghersh; 4) Orderly; 5) Count Revel; 6) Mr. Calvert Interpreter; 7) Colonel Poulet[t] Somerset; 8) Colonel A. Hardinge; 9) Dr. Prendergast; 10) Commander Maxse; 11).Credit: Library of Congress.

Belshazzar's feast--A monarch's revel and a nation's ruin--Daniel, Chapter V.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "revel": revel away ♦ revel away the time ♦ revel in ♦ revel master ♦ revel rout. Additional references.

Beginning with "revel": Revel-rout.

Albanian

zbavitje (amusement, distraction, divertissement, entertainment, sporting, spree), gosti e shfrenuar (carousal), gëzohem (am glad, be glad, enjoy oneself, exult, Jubilate, rejoice), festim (celebration, do, festival, frolic, jollification, merrymaking, regale, solemnization), argëtohem (disport, disport oneself, joy, rejoice, tittup), argëtim (amusement, cabaret, dissipation, distraction, diversion, divertissement, entertainment, fun, jamboree, merriment, merrymaking, pastime, ploy, razzle-dazzle, recreation, relaxation, rollick, sport, sporting, spree, tittup). (various references)

Arabic 

‏قصف (bombard, bombardment, bombing, cannon, feast, hilarity, orgy, peal, revelry, romp, shell, shelling), ‏عربدة (riot, roistering), ‏عربد (caper, go to town, roister, run wild), ‏إحتفال (celebration, ceremonial, gala, occasion), ‏إستمتع (enjoy, entertain, gratify, hug, relish, reload, slaver over). (various references)

Bulgarian 

гуляя (be on the razzle, feast, go to town, junket, paint the town red, roister, spree), гуляй (bat, bend, bender, binge, blowout, bout, bum, carouse, drinking bout, feed, jamboree, junket, racket, randan, rant, rattle, razzle, razzle-dazzle, revelry, rouse, soak, spree, tear, wassail), веселя се (frolic, junket, rollick, spree), веселие (cheer, exhilaration, frolic, glee, hilarity, jollity, junket, lark, merriment, merrymaking, mirth), отдавам се (addict, employ oneself, give oneself, indulge, lapse), наслаждавам се (delight, feast, luxuriate), пирувам (carouse, feast), пир (banquet, feast, regale, wassail). (various references)

Czech

veselit se (jollify, make merry, whoop), oddávat se, hýřit (racket, riot), hýření (debauchery, jinks, revelry). (various references)

Farsi 

کیف (Bag, Jollity, Kef, Pleasure, Valise), لذت بردن (Enjoy, Pleasure), عیاشی کردن (Riot), شادی کردن (Exult, Joy, Rejoice). (various references)

Finnish

hekumoida (gloat over, indulge in sensual pleasure, indulge oneself, revel in). (various references)

French

se divertir, se délecter (relish), s'amuser, festivité, divertissement (revelry). (various references)

German

feiern (celebrate, commemorate, feast, fete, hold, junket, lionize, merry making, observe, party, revels, solemnize, stay off work, to celebrate, to feast, to solemnize). (various references)

Greek 

κραιπάλη (debauchery, orgy), γλεντώ (feast, junket, spree), διασκεδάζω (amuse, beguile, disport, enjoy, entertain, frolic, gallivant, have fun, I enjoy myself, jollify, junket, recreate, skylark, sport). (various references)

Hebrew 

מרזח (banquet, feast, revelry, spree), להתהולל (dissipate, get out of hand, go to town, racket, roister, skylark), הלולה (celebration, feast, festivity, spree). (various references)

Hungarian

dorbézolás (debauch, debauchery, drinking-bout), mulatozás (dazzle, flare-up, fling, gaieties, gaiety, high jinks, jollification, jollity, junketing, merry making, razzle, revelry), dáridó (bat, batter, beano, bingo, dazzle, flare-up, gauds, jollification, razzle, revelry, rollick, spree). (various references)

Italian

gozzovigliare (carouse, guzzle, riot), fare baldoria (carouse, whoop), far festa, divertirsi (delight, disport, enjoy oneself, play about, play around, sport), dilettarsi (dabble, delight, pleasure), baldoria (bacchanal, binge, carouse, good time, jamboree, jollification, merriment, merrymaking, razzle-dazzle, reveling, revelling, revelry, spree). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

事を好む (to revel in trouble and discord). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ことをこのむ (to revel in trouble and discord). (various references)

Manx

jannoo ronneeaght (rant, versify), giense (carousal, ceilidh, do, entertainment, feast, feasting, festival, get together, house party, junket, social), giensal (carousal, rejoicing). (various references)

Pig Latin

evelray

Portuguese

patuscada (carousal, hellebore, kick up, spree), orgia (bacchanals, debauch, orgy, profligate, revelry, riot), festa (celebration, feast, feast day, festival, festoon, fete, fetid, function, gala, junket, merriment, party, playday, treat), divertimento (amusement, distraction, enkindle, entertainment, frolic, fun, gambol, game, jollification, merriment, merry making, pastime, play, recreation, skittle, sport, treat), diversão (dissociable, diversion, dives, entertainment, excursion boat, fun, gaiety, game, jamboree, jollity, merriment, merry-thought, pastiness, play, recreation, spoof, sport, spree), beber e comer, andar na pândega. (various references)

Romanian

zaiafet (booze, feast, spread, spree), se distra (amuse, dally, enjoy oneself, entertain oneself, frolic, have a good time, have fun, rejoice, sport), sãrbãtoare (feast, festival, gala, holiday, holidays), petrece (accompany, carouse, celebrate, end, feast, frolic, go with, happen, junket, live, make good cheer, pass, spend, spree, suffer, undergo), orgie (debauchery, orgy, revelry), distracţie (absence-mindedness, amusement, dalliance, distraction, diversion, do, drollery, entertainment, frolic, fun, jest, jocularity, jollity, merriment, merry making, pastime, recreation, skittle, sport, sporting), chefui (booze, carouse, feast, go on the spree, junket, spree, tipple), chef (bacchanalia, banquet, binge, blow out, booze, bust, carousal, damp, debauch, do, drinking bout, fancy, feast, good cheer, libation, racket, relish, spread, spree, whim, wish). (various references)

Russian 

веселье (cheer, festivity, fun, gaiety, gladness, glee, hilarity, jamboree, jinks, jollity, merriment, merrymaking, merry-making, mirth, revelry, shindig, shindy, spree, sunshine, the bowl, tittup), веселиться (joy, make merry, rejoice, tittup), буйное веселье, пирушка (carousal, jamboree, kick up, merry-meeting, rant, revelry, rout, spread, sprees, wassail, wingding). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

terevenka (bender, binge, fling, fuddle, revelry), pirovati (feast), pir (banquet, feast, regale, spelt), pijančiti (boose, booze, drink, guzzle), pijančenje (debauch, debauchery, drinking, potation). (various references)

Spanish

jaranear (carouse, roister, rollick), estar de parranda, divertirse tumultuosamente. (various references)

Swedish

svira (raff), frossa (ague, glut, gorge, gormandize, luxuriate, malaria, overindulge), festa (carouse, celebrate, feast, have a gay time, jollify, junket, party). (various references)

Thai

สนุกสนาน (fun, gamesome, groove, jolly, joyous, lark), อยู่ในงานรื่นเริง, งานสนุกสนานครื้นเครง. (various references)

Turkish

zevk almak (appreciate, delight, enjoy, feast, indulge, take pleasure), mest olmak (be ecstased, be enchanted, go into raptures, regale, riot), eğlenmek (amuse oneself, be amused, disport oneself, fool, frolic, get a ball out of smth., go on a spree, have a good time, have fun, laugh away, make fun, make merry, make merry over, recreate oneself, rollick, sport), eğlence (amusement, bash, beano, blow out, carnival, conviviality, distraction, diversion, entertainment, festivity, fete, frolic, fun, gag, gaiety, high jinks, jamboree, jollification, jolliness, jollity, merriment, merrymaking, party, pastime, play, plaything, racket, recreation, recreational, rejoicing, relaxation, saturnalia, setout, sport), cümbüş (bash, bender, binge, blast, blow out, booze, booze-up, burst up, bust, Buster, carousal, festivity, high jinks, jamboree, jollification, jollity, merriment, merrymaking, metal mandolin, racket, razzle-dazzle, revelry, riot, saturnalia, spree), alem yapmak (booze, go on a spree, go on the booze, go on the razzle-dazzle, hit the booze, junket, make whoopee, rollick), alem (bat, bender, binge, blast, blind, blow out, booze, booze-up, burst up, bust, Buster, carousal, class of beings, condition, creation, entertainment, jollification, junket, kingdom, nature, orgy, party, potation, potations, razzle-dazzle, realm, revelry, riot, rollicking time, spree, state, universe, whoopee, world). (various references)

Turkmen 

keяp зekmek. (various references)

Ukranian 

гулянка (beanfeast, beano, booze, junket, revelry, wassail, whiz, whizz), насолоджуватися (enjoy, luxuriate, wallow), буяння, бенкетувати (banquet, carouse, feast, hobnob, junket, make whoopee, regale). (various references)

Vietnamese 

cuộc truy hoan (ploy, revelling, revelry), cuộc ăn chơi chè chén. (various references)

Welsh

gloddesta (carouse). (various references)

bacchide, bacchidi, bacchidis, rebellare. (various references)

reveler. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "revel": revelation, revelations, revelator, revelators, revelatory, reveled, reveler, revelers, reveling, revelled, reveller, revellers, revelling, revelries, revelry, revels. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Revel" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Breval, Erkel, ervil, evel, evell, Frevel, Gejvall, grevel, Oreval, Oruval, raval, Ravil, ravl, Reavill, recel, reev, Reevley, regell, rejel, Remel, renel, rerve, Reuel, Revah, reval, reve, revee, reveil, revele, revell, revely, revem, reven, rever, revew, revi, reviel, revil, Revilo, revle, Revnell, revo, revol, Revollo, revul, revvy, Rfvi, Riegel, rivil, Rotvel, Roval, Rueval, sevel, Sevell, wevel. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: elver, lever.

-1 letter: ever, leer, reel, veer.

-2 letters: eel, ere, eve, lee, lev, ree, rev, vee.

-3 letters: el, er, re.

+1 letter: clever, delver, elvers, eviler, laveer, leaver, levers, levier, liever, releve, relive, reveal, revels, revile, vealer, veiler, velure.

+2 letters: beveler, cleaver, deliver, delvers, eviller, evolver, haverel, laveers, leavers, leavier, leveler, levered, leveret, leviers, livener, nervule, overlet, overlie, raveled, raveler, releves, relieve, relievo, relived, relives, replevy, resolve, revalue, reveals, reveled, reveler, revelry, reviled, reviler, reviles, revolve, servile, several, shelver, svelter, vealers, vealier, veilers, veliger, velured, velures, verbile, vermeil.

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