Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to revel
Participle: revelled
Gerund: revelling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | revel |
| you | revel |
| he;she;it | revels |
| we | revel |
| you | revel |
| they | revel |
Perfect
| I | have revelled |
| you | have revelled |
| he;she;it | has revelled |
| we | have revelled |
| you | have revelled |
| they | have revelled |
Past
| I | revelled |
| you | revelled |
| he;she;it | revelled |
| we | revelled |
| you | revelled |
| they | revelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had revelled |
| you | had revelled |
| he;she;it | had revelled |
| we | had revelled |
| you | had revelled |
| they | had revelled |
Future
| I | will revel |
| you | will revel |
| he;she;it | will revel |
| we | will revel |
| you | will revel |
| they | will revel |
Future Perfect
| I | will have revelled |
| you | will have revelled |
| he;she;it | will have revelled |
| we | will have revelled |
| you | will have revelled |
| they | will have revelled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | revel |
| you | revel |
| he;she;it | revel |
| we | revel |
| you | revel |
| they | revel |
Perfect
| I | have revelled |
| you | have revelled |
| he;she;it | have revelled |
| we | have revelled |
| you | have revelled |
| they | have revelled |
Imperfect
| I | revelled |
| you | revelled |
| he;she;it | revelled |
| we | revelled |
| you | revelled |
| they | revelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had revelled |
| you | had revelled |
| he;she;it | had revelled |
| we | had revelled |
| you | had revelled |
| they | had revelled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would revel |
| you | would revel |
| he;she;it | would revel |
| we | would revel |
| you | would revel |
| they | would revel |
Perfect
| I | would have revelled |
| you | would have revelled |
| he;she;it | would have revelled |
| we | would have revelled |
| you | would have revelled |
| they | would have revelled |
Imperative
| you | revel |
| we | Let's revel |
| you | revel |
Verbs conjugated like 'revel'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'revel'
bevel,
devel,
level,
ravel,
rebel,
reel,
refel,
repel,
reve,
reveal,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1300, "riotous merry-making," from O.Fr.
revel, from
reveler "be disorderly, make merry," from L.
rebellare "to rebel" (see rebel). The verb meaning "to feast in a noisy manner" is first recorded c.1325. The meaning "take great pleasure in" first recorded 1754.
2. From Middle English revelen, from Old French revel, from reveler (“to be disorderly, to make merry”), from Latin rebello (“to rebel”). Doublet of rebel. See: Middle English '
revelen', Latin '
rebello'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] fiery indignation. Legree burned the hair, and burned the letter; and when he saw them hissing and crackling in the flame, inly shuddered as he thought of everlasting fires. He tried to drink, and revel, and swear away the memory; but often, in the deep night, whose solemn stillness arraigns the bad soul in forced communion with herself, he had seen that pale mother rising by his bedside, and felt [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Oh, no, no, no, no. He knew. He did it on purpose. He reveled in humiliating me. Oh ! [ alarm beeps ]
(Despicable Me 4)