revelry
81revel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. disport, gambol, romp, carouse; delight in, enjoy. See pleasure. n. lark, spree, carouse. See amusement, rejoicing. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. carousal, frolic, festivity; see celebration 2 ,… …
82debauchery — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Dissipation] Syn. intemperance, carousal, revelry, profligacy; see indulgence 3 . 2. [Seduction] Syn. lasciviousness, lechery, libertinism; see deSire 3 , lewdness . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [di BAW …
83sabbat — A wild party of witches, heretics, DEMONs, and the DEVIL in a remote location. The participants supposedly indulge in obscene behavior, orgies, gluttony, blasphemy, worship of the Devil, and the cannibalism of roasted infants. Use of the term… …
84“Tomb, The“ — Short story (4,190 words); written in June 1917. First published in the Vagrant(March 1922); rpt. WT (January 1926); first collected in O;corrected text in D; annotated version in TD. Jervas Dudley tells of his lonely and secluded life. He… …
85bacchanal — [ bakən(ə)l, nal] chiefly literary noun 1》 an occasion of wild and drunken revelry. 2》 a priest, worshipper, or follower of Bacchus, the Greek or Roman god of wine. adjective characterized by wild revelry; bacchanalian. Origin C16: from L.… …
86festivity — noun 1) (festivities) food plays an important part in the festivities Syn: celebration, festival, entertainment, party, jamboree; merrymaking, feasting, revelry, jollification; revels, fun and games; informal bash 2) …
87mirth — mirth, glee, jollity, hilarity are comparable when they mean the mood or temper of a person or a group of persons manifesting joy or high spirits especially in laughter, play, or merrymaking. Mirth often implies lightness of heart and a love of… …
88drinking bout — n spree, fling, carouse, carousal, revel, revelry, wassail, celebration, Scot. randy; orgy, debauch, saturnalia; drunk, potation, compotation, guzzle, drunken carousal or revelry, bacchanal, bacchanalia; All Sl. binge, bender, bust, toot, tear,… …
89drunk — adj 1. intoxicated, inebriated, inebriate, inebrious, bibacious, crapulent, crapulous; drunken, sodden, besotted, sotted, sottish, awash, Literary. in one s cups; under the weather; saturated, soused, full, Scot. fou; tipsy, grogged, Archaic.… …
90revel — v 1.Usu. revel in delight, rejoice, take great pleasure, like, love, Inf. adore; enjoy, appreciate, relish, savor, gloat over, feast on, Inf. smack the lips; glory, indulge, luxuriate, bask, wallow, swim, bathe; All Sl. groove on, get high on,… …
