REVEL
What does "REVEL" mean?
To take intense delight in something, or to celebrate with noisy festivity.
Meanings
- To take great pleasure or delight in something. She revelled in the rare quiet of the empty house.
- To celebrate in a lively, noisy, often boisterous way. The crowd revelled in the streets until dawn.
- An occasion of lively, festive celebration. The midsummer revels lasted three days. formal
Did you know?
- Revel and rebel are kin: both descend from Latin 'rebellare', so to revel was once linguistically close to making an uproar against order.
Word origin
From Old French 'reveler', to make merry or rebel, from Latin 'rebellare', to rebel - the riot of celebration shares a root with the riot of revolt.
Remember it
REVEL contains 'EVE' - think of New Year's Eve, the night people revel hardest.
A little poem
All night the lanterns swung and would not sleep;
we drank the dark down to its lees and laughed-
then dawn came, sober, counting what we'd keep.
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Wordplay
- The party guests reveled in the noise; the neighbors revolted against it. Same Latin root, different night.
What it teaches
To revel well is to give the moment your full attention, knowing the morning will ask for the bill.
Quick facts
What does REVEL mean?
To take intense delight in something, or to celebrate with noisy festivity.
Is REVEL a valid word?
Yes — REVEL is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is REVEL?
REVEL has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does REVEL come from?
From Old French 'reveler', to make merry or rebel, from Latin 'rebellare', to rebel - the riot of celebration shares a root with the riot of revolt.
What can REVEL teach us?
To revel well is to give the moment your full attention, knowing the morning will ask for the bill.
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