drunken reveler
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Definition
- Noun:
- A person who participates in excessive drinking sessions or boisterous merrymaking while intoxicated: A "drunken reveler" specifically refers to an individual who is actively engaged in a bout of heavy drinking and loud, unrestrained celebration.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- The police were called to disperse the crowd of drunken revelers outside the bar.
- Every New Year's Eve, the city streets are filled with drunken revelers celebrating.
Advanced Usage
- As a collective noun: The term can describe a group characterized by this behavior.
- The festival, once a cultural event, had degenerated into a gathering for drunken revelers.
Variants and Related Words
- Reveler (noun): A person who is enjoying themselves in a lively and noisy way, especially at a party. (This is the core word without the specific connotation of intoxication).
- Carouser (noun): A person who drinks alcohol and enjoys himself or herself with others in a noisy, lively way. This is a close synonym.
- Drunkard (noun): A person who is habitually drunk. This focuses more on the state of habitual intoxication rather than the act of celebratory drinking.
Synonyms
- Carouser: A person who drinks and makes merry in a noisy, lively group.
- Wassailer: An archaic term for a person who goes carousing, especially while drinking to someone's health.
Related Phrases
- To revel: (Verb) To enjoy oneself in a lively and noisy way, especially with drinking and dancing.
- They spent the night reveling in their victory.
- Drinking bout: (Noun Phrase) A short period of heavy drinking. This phrase is central to the definition of a "drunken reveler."
- He disappeared for a three-day drinking bout.
Related Idioms
- To paint the town red: To go out and enjoy oneself flamboyantly, especially by drinking and partying.
- After their final exam, the students went out to paint the town red. (This describes the action a drunken reveler might engage in.)
Noun
- someone who engages in drinking bouts