festal

Examples

• All

• "There is a stage in a child's life at which it cannot separate the religious from the merely festal character of Christmas or Easter.

  Blog text (12)

• The audience may well be those who broke into Libyan palaces and discovered a festal collection.

  Academic text (2011)

• I swerved toward my waxing, festal humor.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Finally, I consider other festal hymns that are obviously modeled after the hymns of the second category.

  Academic text (2007)

• Everyone wore their best clothes for the festal celebration in the square.

• The decorations were bright and colorful, creating a festal atmosphere for the party.

• During the festal occasion, the community gathered to enjoy food, music, and laughter.

Synonyms

M

merry

vsfestal

114 1.0

Happy and lively, full of fun and energy

is specifically about feasts or celebrations and offering gaiety

F

festive

vsfestal

73 2.4

Cheerful and suitable for a party or holiday

is focused on relating to a feast or celebration rather than suitability

G

gay

vsfestal

• Archaic

64 9.8

Cheerful and lively without worry

is about relation to feasts or celebrations rather than a literary mood

C

celebrative

vsfestal

1 4.9

Showing joy for a special event

is about relating to a feast and offering gaiety rather than the act

C

carnivalesque

vsfestal

1 7.7

A lively and playful quality like a street carnival

is about celebration generally rather than a specific carnival style

Antonyms

D

dismal

62 4.5

Making you feel sad and hopeless

G

gloomy

16 2.3

Dark and not well lit so a place feels sad

How Festive

jubilant

15 5.0

festive

73 2.4

celebratory

31 4.0

festal

• Formal

1 8.6

subdued

9 4.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology