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Antonyms for festal
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : fes-tl |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɛs tl |
Definition of festal
Origin :- late 15c., from Middle French festal, from Late Latin festalis, from Latin festum "feast" (see feast (n.)).
- As in jovial : adj happy
- As in convivial : adj fun-loving
- As in festive : adj decorated, celebratory
- As in gala : adj celebratory
- It might well be built, like a festal bower or arch, to entertain him a single day.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- He was too inspired with festal intoxication to observe her agitation.
- Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham
- It looked deserted, in fact, festal and overlighted, but cheerful.
- Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad
- Who ever heard of the festal oxen being tied to a cart's tail?
- Extract from : « A Hungarian Nabob » by Maurus Jkai
- All festal occasions in Circassian life are enlivened by the presence of the minstrel.
- Extract from : « Life of Schamyl » by John Milton Mackie
- Comedies and moresche were in great favor on festal occasions.
- Extract from : « Lucretia Borgia » by Ferdinand Gregorovius
- The festal tea had begun, and Mrs. Thornburgh was presiding.
- Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- Moreover it is a time of joy, which brings all before us at first in a festal mood.
- Extract from : « Homer's Odyssey » by Denton J. Snider
- But Ulysses is made to shoot on the festal day of the sungod.
- Extract from : « Homer's Odyssey » by Denton J. Snider
- T is an enchantment to pilot grief to new and festal worlds!
- Extract from : « Semiramis and Other Plays » by Olive Tilford Dargan
Synonyms for festal
- affable
- airy
- amiable
- animated
- back-slapping
- bantering
- blithe
- blithesome
- bouncy
- bright
- buoyant
- carnival
- carnivalesque
- chaffing
- cheerful
- cheery
- chipper
- chirpy
- clubby
- colorful
- companionable
- conversable
- conversible
- convivial
- cordial
- daffy
- delightful
- dizzy
- enjoyable
- entertaining
- facetious
- festal
- festive
- friendly
- gala
- gay
- genial
- glad
- glad-handering
- gleeful
- go-go
- good-natured
- grooving
- happy
- hearty
- hilarious
- holiday
- humorous
- jocose
- jocund
- jokey
- jolly
- jollying
- joshing
- jovial
- joyful
- joyous
- jubilant
- juiced up
- jumping
- larking
- lighthearted
- lively
- loony
- lots of laughs
- merry
- mirthful
- nutty
- off-the-wall
- peppy
- perky
- pleasant
- rocking
- snappy
- sociable
- swinging
- upbeat
- vivacious
- zippy
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