drunken reveler
- noun
- /ˈdrʌŋkən ˈrɛvələr/
- During the festival, hundreds of drunken revelers filled the streets, singing and dancing late into the night.
Examples
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The drunken revelers whoop and holler, dancing with reckless abandon, ignoring the thunder and lightning.
Fiction book (1998) -
The local bar was packed with drunken revelers celebrating the end of the football season with loud cheers.
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As the parade passed by, a group of drunken revelers shouted joyfully, completely captivated by the festivities.
Synonyms
A person who loudly enjoys a party or festival
A person who goes to loud dance parties and dances to electronic music
A person who loves going to loud wild parties
A person who joins lively noisy celebrations
A person who joins wild parties and drinks too much
Women who dance and sing wildly at celebrations
A person who joins wild, noisy parties and often gets drunk
A person who enjoys loud, lively drinking parties
A person who joins in loud, friendly singing and drinking during a traditional celebration
A person who celebrates loudly and behaves wildly
A person who behaves loudly and wildly at parties
How Wild
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'drunken' (intoxicated) modifies 'reveler' (someone who celebrates noisily), so the phrase simply denotes a person partying while drunk. This straightforward adjective + noun pattern is common cross-linguistically and should be clear to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
The compound drunken reveler joins drunken (meaning 'drunk') and reveler (a person who 'celebrates loudly'). It paints a quick picture of someone stumbling through a noisy party because of too much drink, so it means 'a person who takes part in wild celebrations while drunk'.