revel
v.v. to get great pleasure from a situation or activity. You use this when someone is really enjoying themselves, especially in a loud or very active way.
v. to take intense pleasure or satisfaction in an event or situation. Often implies a sense of lively, noisy, or public celebration.
They revel in their team's victory.
The local community continues to revel in the success of the annual summer festival long after the tents are packed away.
While some politicians shy away from the spotlight, others clearly revel in the chaotic energy of a live televised debate, using the tension to sharpen their rhetoric.
From Middle English revelen, from Old French revel, from reveler (“to be disorderly, to make merry”), from Latin rebello (“to rebel”). Doublet of rebel.
From Latin revellere, from re- + vellere (“to pluck, pull”).
Intransitive; almost always followed by the preposition 'in'.
They revel the partyThey revel in the partyRevel is intransitive and requires the preposition 'in' before the object of enjoyment.