Crossword clues for revelled
revelled
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Revel \Rev"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reveledor Revelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Reveling or Revelling.] [OF. reveler to revolt, rebel, make merry, fr. L. rebellare. See Rebel.]
To feast in a riotous manner; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian; to make merry.
--Shak.To move playfully; to indulge without restraint. ``Where joy most revels.''
--Shak.
Wiktionary
vb. (context British English) (en-past of: revel)
WordNet
v. take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter" [syn: delight, enjoy]
celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities; "The members of the wedding party made merry all night"; "Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!" [syn: racket, make whoopie, make merry, make happy, whoop it up, jollify, wassail]
See revel
Usage examples of "revelled".
It was the first time in his life that he had had a bed and room of his own and he revelled in the sensation, sniffing the aroma of axle grease and paraffin and the dead coals in the forge as he fell asleep.
Nevertheless, old Oliver Payne, who seemed to Caroline to be all malignancy, coming between father and children and buying two of them outright from their father because the father had remarried three years after the death of Oliver’s sister, Flora, deified by brother, it was said, as once he had deified or at least revelled in his handsome, handsome, as Helen would say, brother-in-law.
If anything, the emptiness of the huge marble house was more to be revelled in than not.
Ignored by so many when he was simply the son of Searlas, Borneheld revelled in the power he wielded as the new Duke.
As EvenSong resented losing her only and most favoured child status, so StarDrifter was battling to come to terms with the fact that very soon Axis' power would surpass his ownand StarDrifter had long revelled in being the most powerful Icarii Enchanter alive.
She had enjoyed her time in Talon Spike, and revelled in her acceptance by the Icarii, but she had found her true niche here in Sigholt.
I never cared for you or your father and I revelled in the chance to make a life for myself, a new family, among others.
As EvenSong resented losing her only and most favoured child status, so StarDrifter was battling to come to terms with the fact that very soon Axis' power would surpass his own — and StarDrifter had long revelled in being the most powerful Icarii Enchanter alive.
That had truly been a great and glorious battle, and Timozel had revelled in his victory.
It had taken almost a year of patience and gentleness from Blaine before Centaine had recovered from it sufficiently to take up again the role of lover and protectress which she had so revelled in before.
Taking over the reins of power was an onerous business, but Manfred De La Rey revelled in every tedious detail of the task he had been given.
And all semblance of control, of anything remotely human, was surrendered now as the thing inside Drakesh revelled in this its life-source, its being, its cursed continuation - revelled in the blood of an innocent!
We used to have two suns, and revelled in the contrast of colours they brought, the battle of shadows.
Several were playing it very coy, while eight or nine, led by Etchells and Cameron Leung, revelled in the prospect of following the Organization fleet into glory.
Blood fauceted from it and s/he revelled in it, letting out a scream of triumph that was louder than anything the creature had unleashed thus far.