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Antonyms for celebrations
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sel-uh-brey-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌsɛl əˈbreɪ ʃən |
Definition of celebrations
Origin :- 1520s, "honoring of a day or season by appropriate festivities," formed in English from celebrate, or else from Latin celebrationem (nominative celebratio) "numerous attendance" (especially upon a festival celebration), noun of action from past participle stem of celebrare. Meaning "performance of a religious ceremony" (especially the Eucharist) is from 1570s; that of "extolling in speeches, etc." is from 1670s.
- noun commemoration of occasion, achievement
- In winter alike ordinary Mass and these celebrations were stopped by the snow.
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- Picture and sculpture are the celebrations and festivities of form.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- He was present at Barrat during one of the Moorish celebrations.
- Extract from : « James Cutbush » by Edgar F. Smith
- Will they ever be reproduced for other celebrations of the glorious 29th of July?
- Extract from : « The Paris Sketch Book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh » by William Makepeace Thackeray
- The most renowned of all the celebrations of the ancient Greeks were the Olympic games.
- Extract from : « Nero » by Jacob Abbott
- It was unsafe to go there at night when these celebrations were held.
- Extract from : « Some Reminiscences of old Victoria » by Edgar Fawcett
- He was usually needed professionally at Fourth of July celebrations.
- Extract from : « Laramie Holds the Range » by Frank H. Spearman
- Francis was glad when the celebrations, tournament and all, were well over.
- Extract from : « Mary Queen of Scots, Makers of History » by Jacob Abbott
- The conspirators had decided not to begin the celebrations too early.
- Extract from : « The Madcap of the School » by Angela Brazil
- Brampton, as we know, was famous for its Fourth of July celebrations.
- Extract from : « Coniston, Complete » by Winston Churchill
Synonyms for celebrations
- anniversary
- bash
- birthday
- blast
- blowout
- carousal
- ceremony
- conviviality
- festival
- festivity
- fete
- frolic
- gaiety
- gala
- glorification
- hilarity
- honoring
- hoopla
- hullabaloo
- jollification
- joviality
- jubilation
- jubilee
- keeping
- magnification
- memorialization
- merriment
- merrymaking
- observance
- party
- performance
- recognition
- remembrance
- revelry
- saturnalia
- solemnization
- spree
- triumph
- wingding
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