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revelto take great pleasure or delight in something

Part of speech: VERB

Definition: to take great pleasure or delight in something

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈrevəl/

Korean meaning: 즐기다, 기뻐하다, 만끽하다

Korean pronunciation: **레**블

Example Sentences

  • The cat reveled in knocking everything off the table while maintaining perfect eye contact.
  • Students revel in the professor's confusion when the Wi-Fi stops working during online class.
  • The team reveled in their championship victory all night long.

revel

VERB

//ˈrevəl//

to take great pleasure or delight in something

revel concept
💡 Concept

A graduate revels in her achievement surrounded by cheering family

revel rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Revel in art so level, though dishevel!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈrevəl/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈrevəl/

🌳Etymology

Rootrevel

Origin

From Old French 'reveler' meaning 'to turn back' or 'to rebel', derived from Latin 'rebellare' (re- 'back' + bellare 'to war'). The meaning shifted in Middle English to refer to noisy merrymaking and unrestrained celebration.

🎵Rhyme

levelbeveldishevel
level
bevel
dishevel

🔗Collocations

revel in victory
revel in the attention
midnight revel
revel in luxury
drunken revel

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

The cat reveled in knocking everything off the table while maintaining perfect eye contact.

😄 Fun example

Students revel in the professor's confusion when the Wi-Fi stops working during online class.

The team reveled in their championship victory all night long.

She reveled in the peaceful silence of the library.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

celebratedelightenjoybaskluxuriate

Antonyms

mournsufferabstain

Related

festivalcelebrationpartyfeastcarnival

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