verb, noun
verb (-ll-, AmE -l-) [V] to spend time enjoying yourself in a noisy, enthusiastic way
PHRASALVERBS
revel in sth to enjoy sth very much:
She was clearly revelling in all the attention. * He revelled in the freedom he was allowed. * [+-ing] Some people seem to revel in annoying others. * She revelled in defying the critics.
noun [usuallypl.] (literary) noisy celebrations:
Bright lights illuminated the revels and feasting.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for revel is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does revel appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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