All 8 Uses of
revel
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- He championed her cause, abusing Fyodor Pavlovitch in a manner little befitting a servant, and on one occasion broke up the revels and drove all the disorderly women out of the house.†
Chpt 1
- A man may know that nobody has insulted him, but that he has invented the insult for himself, has lied and exaggerated to make it picturesque, has caught at a word and made a mountain out of a molehill—he knows that himself, yet he will be the first to take offense, and will revel in his resentment till he feels great pleasure in it, and so pass to genuine vindictiveness.†
Chpt 2
- It happened one clear, warm, moonlight night in September (many years ago) five or six drunken revelers were returning from the club at a very late hour, according to our provincial notions.†
Chpt 3
- Among the nettles and burdocks under the hurdle our revelers saw Lizaveta asleep.†
Chpt 3
- The revelers, of course, laughed at this unexpected opinion; and one of them even began challenging him to act upon it.†
Chpt 3
- They both recognize it and revel in it.†
Chpt 4 *
- I want to have music, singing, a revel, as we had before.†
Chpt 8
- Throughout their revels he kept close to his adored mistress, who was at the banquet with him and was more charming and fascinating to him than ever—he did not leave her side, abasing himself in his homage before her.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
-
(revel) to take delight in
or:
to party -- especially in a noisy way