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carousing

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verb

present participle of carouse
as in drinking
to take part in drunken revelry spent all of shore leave carousing with his mates

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carousing
Noun
  • Their everlasting merrymaking might seem warm and fuzzy at first glance, but in truth, there is a gloomy undercurrent to their existence, hiding just beneath the surface.
    Tomris Laffly, Variety, 25 May 2025
  • Alternatively, the Perry Lane Hotel, as well as the brand-new, Ann Savannah, will put you in the heart of the merrymaking.
    Madeline Weinfield, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Other home remedies are drinking hot tea with honey and lemon and breathing in steam from a hot shower.
    Amelia MacIntyre, Verywell Health, 14 Mar. 2025
  • This study showed no difference in people's thyroid hormone levels after drinking a broccoli sprout beverage for 12 weeks.
    Merve Ceylan, Health, 25 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Parties at vacation rentals sometimes raise the ire of neighbors when holiday revelry gets out of hand.
    Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Boston Herald, 24 May 2025
  • Often this will involve kids throwing popcorn and climbing on their friends’ shoulders in revelry — nothing too dissimilar from what takes place at many midnight screenings.
    Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 12 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Some years at Cannes, the Med’s most effervescent seasonal kickoff, the bubbles and spice of the social froth provide the jollity.
    Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
  • Sign up Eating and drinking (Image credit: Riverside Luxury Cruises) The first thing to say about eating on The Ravel is that there is no Captain's Table or forced jollity with other passengers.
    James Rampton, theweek, 6 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • An overlaid text on the video drew further attention to the hilarity of the moment.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
  • However, a slew of challenges arise, deterring their relationship — and hilarity ensues.
    Emily Burns, Footwear News, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • With the Red Army closing in, such gatherings, expressions of a desperate gaiety, a fin d’une époque efflorescence, weren’t rare.
    James Wood, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
  • With the Red Army closing in, such gatherings, expressions of a desperate gaiety, a fin d’une époque efflorescence, weren’t rare.
    James Wood, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Carousing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carousing. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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