Revelry

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  • noun. Boisterous merrymaking.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of reveling; merrymaking; especially, boisterous festivity or jollity.
  • noun. Synonyms See carousal.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of engaging in a revel; noisy festivity; reveling.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Joyful merry-making.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. unrestrained merrymaking
    • Word Usage
    "The revelry is short-lived, however, for the monster Grendel (Crispin Glover) shows up and kills people in graphic fashion."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    lamentation  mourning  
    Form
    revelrous  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    conviviality  jollification  merrymaking  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    Bacchanalia  bacchanal  bender  binge  booze-up  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    carouse  debauch  debauchery  dissipation  drunkenness  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Bacchanalia  bacchanal  ball  banquet  carnival  
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