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/ʃɑːɹɪˈvɑːɹi/ · noun
The noisy banging of pots and pans as a mock serenade to a newly married couple, or similar occasion..
The marriage ceremony was given primordial significance over folkloric pre-marriage engagement rituals and wild charivaris.
Use charivari when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Charivari means The noisy banging of pots and pans as a mock serenade to a newly married couple, or similar occasion..
Common synonyms include rough music, skimmington, skimmity, skimmity-ride.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The marriage ceremony was given primordial significance over folkloric pre-marriage engagement rituals and wild charivaris.
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