revel - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

Forum API

- See Also:
- - revalue
  - revamp
  - revanchism
  - revarnish
  - Revd
  - reveal
  - revealed religion
  - revealing
  - revegetate
  - reveille
  - revel
  - revelation
  - revelationist
  - revelatory
  - revenant
  - revenge
  - revengeful
  - revenue
  - revenue tariff
  - reverb
  - reverberate
- Settings:
- - Click on word:
    gets translation
    does nothing
- - Recent searches:
    - Save history
    - View All
- Links:
- WR Random Word:
- Try out WordReference Random Word! Each page load will return a random word from the dictionary. Or test your knowledge and have each page load with the definition hidden!

revel

in Spanish | in French | in Italian | English synonyms | in context | images

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
revel/ˈrevl/

▶verb (revels, revelling, revelled; US revels, reveling, reveled)

1 engage in lively and noisy festivities.

2 (revel in) gain great pleasure from.

▶noun (revels) lively and noisy festivities.

– derivatives
reveller noun,
revelry noun (pl. revelries).

– origin ME: from OFr. reveler ‘rise up in rebellion’, from L. rebellare ‘to rebel’.

'revel' also found in these Oxford entries:

bask - comedy - comic

Forum discussions with the word(s) "revel" in the title:

No titles with the word(s) "revel".

Ask in the forums yourself.Visit the English Only Forum.

Look up "revel" at Merriam-Webster
Look up "revel" at dictionary.com

In other languages: Spanish | French | Italian | Portuguese | German | Russian | Polish | Romanian | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic

Download free Android and iPhone apps

Android App

iPhone App

Report an inappropriate ad.