So here are some jolly good deals to get you in the festive mood.
The Sun (2012)
You should also consider cover for accidental damage as well as insuring your festive food.
The Sun (2013)
What would the festive season be without it?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This will help you deal with any additional stress over the festive period with ease.
The Sun (2013)
Since when is a red pepper festive?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Raise a glass to the festive celebrations.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Back then the atmosphere had been festive and communal.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
She does not like all the fuss and is not intending to get into a festive mood.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Make it festive with food and decorations.
Christianity Today (2000)
They realise the festive season can be the perfect time to be single.
The Sun (2011)
The best programme on over the festive period.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Ignore those joyous festive celebrations constantly on telly.
The Sun (2009)
Seeing a loved one get back to their best puts you in a festive mood.
The Sun (2011)
Spare a thought this festive season for the poor showbiz editors forced to go without decent celebrities.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Ministers were told not to take holidays over the festive period.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
How exciting festive celebrations must have been then.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Festive mood only spoilt when we leave and one of the soldiers apparently wants to detain us.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The mood was giddy, the atmosphere festive.
Miller, James The Passion of Michel Foucault (1993)
Wossy is pushing lots of big buttons on this, a festive special that also ends his current series.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But when I saw the festive special, it was just so funny.
The Sun (2010)
In other languages
festive
British English: festive ADJECTIVE
Something that is festive is special, colourful, or exciting, especially because of a holiday or celebration.
The town has a festive holiday atmosphere.
American English: festive
Brazilian Portuguese: festivo
Chinese: 喜庆的
European Spanish: festivo
French: de fête
German: festlich
Italian: di festa
Japanese: お祝いの
Korean: 축제의
European Portuguese: festivo
Latin American Spanish: festivo
All related terms of 'festive'
festive meal
A meal is an occasion when people sit down and eat, usually at a regular time.
festive mood
Your mood is the way you are feeling at a particular time. If you are in a good mood , you feel cheerful . If you are in a bad mood , you feel angry and impatient .
festive season
People sometimes refer to the Christmas period as the festive season .
festive spirit
The spirit in which you do something is the attitude you have when you are doing it.
festive schedule
A schedule is a plan that gives a list of events or tasks and the times at which each one should happen or be done.
festive celebrations
A celebration is a special enjoyable event that people organize because something pleasant has happened or because it is someone's birthday or anniversary .
Chinese translation of 'festive'
festive
(ˈfɛstɪv)
adj
[mood, atmosphere]喜庆(慶)的 (xǐqìng de)
(= relating to Christmas) 节(節)日的 (jiérì de)
the festive season节(節)日期 (jiérìqī)
(adjective)
Definition
of or like a celebration
The town has a festive holiday atmosphere.
Synonyms
celebratory
happy
I'm just happy to be back running.
holiday
carnival
jolly
She was a jolly, kindhearted woman.
merry
He was much loved for his merry nature.
gala
I want to make her birthday a gala occasion.
hearty
jubilant
cheery
joyous
a joyous celebration of life
joyful
We're a very joyful people.
jovial
Father Whittaker appeared to be in a jovial mood.
convivial
Enjoy simple but satisfying food in the bistro's convivial atmosphere.
gleeful
He took a gleeful delight in proving them all wrong.
back-slapping
Christmassy
mirthful
She revelled in the mirthful music of her children's laughter.
sportive
light-hearted
They were light-hearted and prepared to enjoy life.
festal
gay (old-fashioned)
I am in good health, gay and cheerful.
Opposites
sad
,
depressing
,
gloomy
,
dreary
,
drab
,
mournful
,
lugubrious
,
funereal
Additional synonyms
in the sense of convivial
Definition
sociable or lively
Enjoy simple but satisfying food in the bistro's convivial atmosphere.