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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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