festive.
Having the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival, holiday, or celebration.
Meaning & usage
Having the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival, holiday, or celebration.
The room was decked out in festive streamers, with flowers everywhere.
In the mood to celebrate.
Please put the Christmas decorations away, I'm really not in a festive mood.
Where this word comes from
From French festif, from Latin festivus (“pertaining to a feast, gay, lively, joyous”). Equivalent to feast + -ive.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.