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Boisterous vs Revelrous - What's the difference?

boisterous | revelrous |

As adjectives the difference between boisterous and revelrous

is that boisterous is full of energy; exuberant; noisy while revelrous is characterized by or engaged in boisterous merry-making.

boisterous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Full of energy; exuberant; noisy.
  • Characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy.
  • Having or resembling animal exuberance.
  • revelrous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Characterized by or engaged in boisterous merry-making.
  • * 1823 , Henry Fitzroy, Henry Fitzroy, the Young Midshipman , Chalmers & Collins (Glasgow), p. 74:
  • She was thus quietly occupied in her own apartment, and the festivities of the party that were assembled above, were loud and revelrous .
  • * 1984 , Jim Moorhead, " ‘Superstar’ Company Acquits Itself Well," St. Petersburg Independent , 7 Feb., p. 6B (retrieved 21 Sep. 2009):
  • An hour and a half of now-revelrous , now-subdued celebration hummed along with admirable energy.
  • * 1996 , Fran Schumer, " Cyclists' Holiday," New York Times , 3 Nov. (retrieved 21 Sep. 2009):
  • [M]y husband and I suffered in a Holiday Inn that was the scene of a revelrous post-wedding party.
  • * 2006 , , When She Was Queen , ISBN 9780385661775, p. 1:
  • I was, if you will, the contingent phenomenon, a potential lurking in the unholy fug of a revelrous night spun out of control.

    Synonyms

    * carousing, celebratory, festive

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