Meaning & use
revel
To take great pleasure or delight in something, often openly and enthusiastically.
See it in a sentence
The children reveled in the freedom of the first day of summer vacation.
Fans reveled in the team's unexpected victory long after the final whistle.
A note on using this word
Revel is almost always followed by 'in' before its object, as in 'revel in the attention,' and implies open, celebratory enjoyment.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
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