Revel

Noun

 * 1) An instance of merrymaking; a celebration.
 * 2) * Our revels now are ended. -- Shakespeare

Derived terms

 * revelry

Verb

 * 1) To make merry; to have a gay, lively time.
 * 2) * 1997, The Art of Practicing, a Guide to Making Music from the Heart
 * Slowing down doesn't have to feel like holding back. It can be an opportunity to revel in sounds and sensations, to not be so concerned about where we are going but to enjoy the moment and become comfortable where we are.

Synonyms

 * carouse, celebrate

Derived terms

 * reveller/reveler

Adjectives for Revel
lurid; nightly; bestial; heavy-headed; profligate.

Thesaurus
adore, anniversaries, appreciate, bacchanal, ball, banquet, bask in, bat, be pleased with, bender, binge, bout, bust, caper, caracole, carnival, carol, carousal, carouse, celebrate, celebrating, celebration, ceremony, chirp, chirrup, clap hands, commemoration, crow over, cut loose, dance, debauch, delight, delight in, derive pleasure from, devour, dressing ship, drinking bout, eat up, enjoy, escapade, exult, fanfare, fanfaronade, feast, feast on, festival, festivity, fete, fling, flourish of trumpets, freak out on, frisk, frolic, gaiety, gala, gambol, get high on, gloat over, glory, glory in, groove on, hell, hell around, high jinks, holiday, indulge in, jamboree, jollify, jollity, jolly, joy, joyance, jubilate, jubilation, jubilee, lap up, lark, let go, let loose, let off steam, like, lilt, live it up, love, luxuriate in, mad round, make merry, make whoopee, marking the occasion, memorialization, memory, merriment, merrymaking, observance, orgy, ovation, party, ploy, pub-crawl, raise hell, randan, randy, regale, regalement, rejoice, rejoice in, rejoicing, religious rites, relish, remembrance, revel in, reveling, revelment, revelry, riot, riot in, rite, ritual observance, roister, rollick, romp, round of pleasures, salute, salvo, saturnalia, savor, see life, sing, skip, skip for joy, skylark, skylarking, smack the lips, solemn observance, solemnization, spree, step out, swim in, take pleasure in, tear, testimonial, testimonial banquet, testimonial dinner, toast, toot, treat, tribute, triumph, wallow in, wanton, wassail, welter, whistle, whoop it up, whoopee, wingding

Etymology
From revelen:, from  revel:, from reveler:, from  rebello:

Noun

 * Finnish: juhlinta, rellestys
 * German: Ausgelassenheit, Feier


 * Macedonian:, пирување
 * Russian:, кутёж

Verb

 * Czech: oddávat se, vychutnávat si, hýřit
 * Finnish: juhlia, rellestää
 * German: feiern, schwelgen
 * Italian:


 * Macedonian: пирува
 * Russian: пировать,
 * Swedish: ,

Anagrams

 * elver
 * lever