Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: revel
IPA transcription: [ɹ'ɛvəl]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: revel, revelry
    Meaning: unrestrained merrymaking
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: delight, enjoy, revel
    Meaning: take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter"
Usage examples
  • Vermin revel in filth, and their extirpation depends mainly on cleanliness.
  • And the revel went whirlingly on, until at length there commenced the sounding of midnight upon the clock.
  • And one by one dropped the revellers in the blood-bedewed halls of their revel, and died each in the despairing posture of his fall.
  • Blissful as the afternoon was, delivered up to such a revel as this, it seemed an eternity, so impatient was he to see the girl again.
  • She washed and scrubbed and scoured and baked from morning till night, and seemed to revel in the hard work that gave the needed exercise to her strong muscles.