to wassail

Examples

• All

• They decided to wassail until sunrise after the victory.

• The townsfolk would wassail together during the winter festival.

• They love to wassail during the holiday season.

• Let's wassail and celebrate the New Year!

• During the Christmas party, we all began to wassail and share stories of joy.

• They hoped to wassail loudly enough to be heard by everyone in the neighborhood.

• The villagers came together to wassail and toast to the new harvest season.

Synonyms

D

to drink

vsto wassail

161 6.3

To raise a glass and say good wishes to someone

is a full lively noisy celebration often involving communal singing and toasting

T

to toast

vsto wassail

70 3.8

To raise a glass and drink to honor someone

is a broad lively noisy celebration that often includes raising glasses

R

to revel

vsto wassail

17 4.9

To celebrate loudly with dancing and drinking

is more a broad noisy celebration that often focuses on toasting

S

to salute

vsto wassail

9 3.9

To raise a glass to offer good wishes or honor someone

is a wider lively noisy celebration that often includes communal drinking

W

to whoop it up

vsto wassail

• Informal

3 8.8

To celebrate loudly with cheering and noisy fun

is mainly a lively noisy celebration that commonly includes drinking

M

to make merry

vsto wassail

• Archaic

2 5.6

Celebrate loudly with food, drink, and dancing

is more about lively noisy celebration often highlighted by shared toasts

M

to make whoopee

vsto wassail

• Archaic

1 8.7

Enjoy a loud, lively party with dancing and drinking

is more about lively noisy celebration often marked by raising glasses

R

to roister

vsto wassail

• Archaic

1 9.9

To party loudly and wildly, often drinking a lot

is a lively celebration often with toasting rather than heavy drunkenness

J

to jollify

vsto wassail

• Archaic

9.8

Celebrate loudly with singing, dancing, and drinking

is used for lively noisy celebration that often includes raising glasses

S

to splice the mainbrace

vsto wassail

• Archaic

9.9

To have an alcoholic drink to celebrate, often on a ship

is a general lively noisy celebration that often adds communal toasts

Antonyms

M

to mourn

191 3.0

Feel or show deep sadness after someone dies

How Festive

to carouse

• Archaic

4 9.3

to revel

17 4.9

to wassail

• Archaic

9.9

to party

• Informal

298 3.0

to celebrate

∞ 1.4

Surface Forms

Etymology