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    glee
    /ɡliː/

    noun

    • 1. great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or another's misfortune: "his face lit up with impish glee"
    • 2. a song for men's voices in three or more parts, usually unaccompanied, of a type popular especially c. 1750–1830.

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishGLEE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    happiness, excitement, or pleasure: She opened her presents with glee. Synonyms. joy (HAPPINESS) pleasure. Compare. hilarity. mirth literary. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Pleasure and happiness. abandon. afterglow. beatitude. bed of roses idiom. delirium. exaltation. exultancy. exultation. feast. felicity. for fun phrase. fulfilment

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryGLEE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    happiness, excitement, or pleasure: She opened her presents with glee. Synonyms. joy (HAPPINESS) pleasure. Compare. hilarity. mirth literary. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Pleasure and happiness. abandon. afterglow. beatitude. bed of roses idiom. delirium. exaltation. exultancy. exultation. feast. felicity. for fun phrase.

  4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › gleeGlee Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Sep 5, 2012 · The meaning of GLEE is exultant high-spirited joy : merriment. How to use glee in a sentence. exultant high-spirited joy : merriment; a part-song for usually male voices…

  5. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishGLEE | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary - Cambridge ...

    a feeling of great happiness, usually because of your good luck or someone else's bad luck: Rosa began laughing with glee. gleeful. adjective. gleefully. adverb.

  6. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishglee noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

    a feeling of happiness, usually because something good has happened to you, or something bad has happened to somebody else synonym delight. He rubbed his hands in glee as he thought of all the money he would make. glee at something She couldn't disguise her glee at their embarrassment. Topics Feelings c2. Word Origin. Join us.

  7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › gleeGlee - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

    Glee means extreme happiness or delight. Anything that makes you full of joy, so happy you could laugh out loud, fills you with glee. If your favorite football team wins the Super Bowl, your glee will make you cheer, and a kid let loose with a ten dollar bill in a candy shop might dance around with glee.

  8. www.oed.com › dictionary › glee_nglee, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary

    Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Forms. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the noun glee mean? There are 12 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun glee, 11 of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Entry status.

  9. www.britannica.com › dictionary › gleeGlee Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

    GLEE meaning: a strong feeling of happiness great pleasure or satisfaction.

  10. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryGLEE - All you need to know about it | Collins English Dictionary

    A complete guide to the word "GLEE": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.

  11. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryGLEE definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary

    glee in American English. (ɡli) noun. 1. open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation. 2. an unaccompanied part song for three or more voices, popular esp. in the 18th century. SYNONYMS 1. merriment, jollity, hilarity, mirth, joviality, gaiety. See mirth.