Meanings
plural revelries
- countableuncountableJoyful or riotous merry-making.
[During a wedding] As evening drew in and moths began to swoop under the canopy, now lit with floating golden lanterns, the revelry became more and more uncontained.
2007, J.K.Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows1 more example
2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text The women pale and staring under the sun. In plain skirts, drab shoes. In hair scarves. Their drunken revelry jars.
Synonyms: celebration, festivity, revelment
Synonyms & antonyms
nounJoyful or riotous merry-making.
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Origin
- Middle Englishrevelrye
- Englishrevelry
From Middle English revelrye; equivalent to revel + -ry.
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Bulgarian веселба
- веселба (veselba)joyful merry-making
Catalan xerinola
- xerinolajoyful merry-making
Chinese Mandarin 狂欢, 欢宴
- 狂欢 (kuáng huān)joyful merry-making
- 欢宴 (huān yàn)joyful merry-making
Czech veselí, hýření
- veselíjoyful merry-making
- hýřeníjoyful merry-making
Danish lyst
- lystjoyful merry-making
Finnish juhlinta, rellestys
- juhlintajoyful merry-making
- rellestysjoyful merry-making
German Festlichkeit, Lustbarkeit
- Festlichkeitjoyful merry-making
- Lustbarkeitjoyful merry-making
- Prassereijoyful merry-making
- Orgiejoyful merry-making
- Gelagejoyful merry-making
- Feiereijoyful merry-making
- Feiernjoyful merry-making
- Feierjoyful merry-making
Hindi रंगरली, भावतरंग
- रंगरली (raṅgarlī)joyful merry-making
- भावतरंग (bhāvatraṅg)joyful merry-making
- आमोद-प्रमोद (āmod-pramod)joyful merry-making
Italian baldoria, gozzoviglia
- baldoriajoyful merry-making
- gozzovigliajoyful merry-making
Māori whakaharitanga, harakoa
- whakaharitangajoyful merry-making
- harakoajoyful merry-making
- harakoakoajoyful merry-making
Persian سپرخی
- سپرخی (separxi)joyful merry-making
Russian кутёж, пиру́шка
- кутёж (kutjóž)joyful merry-making
- пиру́шка (pirúška)joyful merry-making
- весе́лье (vesélʹje)joyful merry-making
- разгу́л (razgúl)joyful merry-making
Ukrainian гуляння, бенкет
- гуляння (huljannja)joyful merry-making
- бенкет (benket)joyful merry-making
- веселощі (veselošči)joyful merry-making
Cite this entry
revelry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revelry
“revelry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revelry. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “revelry,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revelry.
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