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/ˈfɛstɪv/ · adjective
Having the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival, holiday, or celebration..
The room was decked out in festive streamers, with flowers everywhere.
On festive occasions away from home we softened under the influence of Christmas trees, bran pies, and conjurors.
Please put the Christmas decorations away, I'm really not in a festive mood.
Use festive when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Festive means Having the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival, holiday, or celebration..
Common synonyms include feastful, feastly, gay, joyous.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The room was decked out in festive streamers, with flowers everywhere.
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