Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Boisterous merrymaking.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of reveling; merrymaking; especially, boisterous festivity or jollity.
- n. Synonyms See carousal.
Wiktionary
- n. Joyful merry-making.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of engaging in a revel; noisy festivity; reveling.
WordNet 3.0
- n. unrestrained merrymaking
Examples
“The revelry is short-lived, however, for the monster Grendel (Crispin Glover) shows up and kills people in graphic fashion.”
“That evening and well into the night, the coffee flowed freely to the townspeople, who engaged in revelry unlike the town of Plum Rose had ever seen.”
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“The chief feature of the revelry was the distribution of gifts on the”
“The whole scene -- as the cooks moved actively about upon the lawn, and children romped round the fires, and settlers came flocking through the forests -- might have recalled the revelry of merry England in the olden time, though the costumes of the far west were, perhaps, somewhat different from those of old England.”
“His favourite part of the revelry is the march by different infantry, cavalry and mechanised regiments.”
“The arrival of the guests, the welcomes, and the "revelry" of the assembly.”
“His father, having found out the contrivance by which he raised money for this kind of revelry adopted, in his own imagination, a wiser course.”
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“In a shockingly inaccurate critique of QuAM for focusing on "revelry" as opposed to "awareness", the Editorial Board not only passes judgment on an arbitrary conception of education, but participates in the stigmatization of LGBT sexuality.”
“He said that “this revelry in extravagant habits, this unquenchable demand for amusements, for continuous mental intoxicants” threatened to bring the nation to its knees.”
“Asked why he promoted such libidinous revelry, he replied, “Why should the devil have all the good times?””
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘revelry’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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Sue's favorite words
panache, flair, pantaloons, periwinkle, pumpernickel, persnickety, cachet, coquette, élan, iris, ambrosia, keen and 99 more...
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EN - archaic words
abide, abjure, abroad, adamant, afield, aforetime, aghast, anon, apace, argent, assuage, aught and 328 more...
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municipal, whit, dissembler, berate, liberally, embellish, dissimilitude, histrionics, flamboyance, bombastic, bovine, calumny and 142 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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#faveword
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autumnal, grotto, chiaroscuro, sfumato, homunculus, zing, zest, effervescent, bewitch, avuncular, susurrus, Styrofoam and 205 more...
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Lesson 7
Wordly Wise 7 Lesson 7. beseech - whim
beseech, consternation, delectable, garland, gratify, haughty, impetuous, lavish, pluck, ponder, privilege, prostrate and 3 more...
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Vocab7
beseech, consternation, delectable, garland, gratify, haughty, impetuous, lavish, pluck, ponder, privilege, prostrate and 3 more...
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lessson 7 vocab
beseech, consternation, delectable, garland, gratify, haughty, impetuous, lavish, pluck, ponder, privilege, prostrate and 3 more...
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magoosh listens
infuriating, galvanize, sporadic, imperciptible, shirk, protean, versatile, auspicious, clairvoyance, nary, predilection, inkling and 63 more...
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Words from Moby Dick
frigate, presumptuous, genteel, succor, hearthstone, gentry, factitious, bilious, insurgent, portent, enervate, genuflect and 303 more...
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Need to Know!
elicit, educe, refute, cogency, churlish, martinet, veritable, polyglot, dissemble, histrionics, prevarication, verbiage and 166 more...
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newGRE
mostly from magoosh
imbue, verge on, nonchalant, deliberate, timorous, futile, provisional, dissect, checked, tinged, alluring, visionary and 1046 more...
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Vocab++
Words as I learn them.
fetid, mezzanine, hiatus, austerity, subliminal, resplendent, implacable, impugn, debase, exiguous, cirque, holster and 2538 more...
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GRE list 1
Bloviate, Bacchanalia, mirth, covet, inconsequential, prescient, heresy, revelry, modality, gentrify, vitiate, tantalize and 182 more...
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GRE 3500 Q
quadruped, quaff, quaint, quandary, quarry, quay, queasy, quell, querulous, quibble, quietude, quip and 89 more...
Tweets
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Kristianto2010 Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.” 1 Corinthians 10:7
Jan 18, 2011