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Definition of glee in English: gleenoun ɡliːɡli 1mass noun Great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or another's misfortune. his face lit up with impish glee Example sentencesExamples - A true sociopath, he takes great glee in humiliating and injuring the inmates.
- His phrasing is razor-sharp and should be served with relish and glee.
- This discovery fills him with such glee that he never tires of proclaiming it.
- His face, through the visor, was contorted in a weird grimace of glee as he brought the club down.
- He jumps off the table and shouts with glee, thinking about the fortune waiting for him in the bank.
- A lot of people are relishing this situation with glee and waiting to see what I'll do.
- Her eyes went wide with delight as she spun around in glee, holding back a squeal.
- No doubt the ordinary citizens of England and Wales are rubbing their hands with glee at the prospect.
- With childish glee, I discovered an exercise bike with a television screen attached to the front.
- Of course, I'll be rubbing my hands in glee at the thought of work being closed Monday.
- You can feel the enthusiasm as he delightedly chews every line for its last bit of glee and evil intent.
- Too often their misfortunes are met with glee, a schadenfreude that is quite horrifying.
- Every hotel in the area is booked for election night as the media anticipate, some with glee, what might be the final act of his downfall.
- Just goes to show how people equate quality with price, he says with glee.
- Between each new variation comes another burst of jubilant glee.
- She is full of sudden excited glee; it is like a different person is in her, pushing against her own skin to get out of her.
- I will admit we took a certain joy or glee in being in on something that others did not seem to know about.
- Some of the world's biggest arms manufacturers are rubbing their hands with glee at the prospect of a war.
- As she neared the end of the piece, a smile of glee and satisfaction began to appear on her face.
- Of course e-cards and virtual flowers are also welcome with great amounts of joy and glee.
Synonyms delight, pleasure, happiness, joy, joyfulness, gladness, elation, euphoria, exhilaration, cheerfulness, amusement, mirth, mirthfulness, merriment, joviality, jollity, jocularity excitement, animation, gaiety, high spirits, exuberance, verve, liveliness, triumph, jubilation, relish, satisfaction, gratification German Schadenfreude humorous delectation rare joyousness, jouissance 2A song for men's voices in three or more parts, usually unaccompanied, of a type popular especially c.1750–1830. Example sentencesExamples - Later, boys were paid to sing treble parts at meetings of glee clubs, and glees for SATB became more common.
- Women were still restricted to the parlor, where they played keyboard instruments and the ‘English guitar’ and sang solos and a range of polite glees for upper and mixed voices.
- Instrumental tutors were published and glees (simple part-songs for male voices) became popular.
Origin Old English glēo 'entertainment, music, fun', of Germanic origin. Rhymes absentee, açai, addressee, adoptee, agree, allottee, amputee, appellee, appointee, appraisee, après-ski, assignee, asylee, attendee, bailee, bain-marie, Bangui, bargee, bawbee, be, Bea, bee, bootee, bouquet garni, bourgeoisie, Brie, BSc, buckshee, Capri, cc, chimpanzee, cohabitee, conferee, consignee, consultee, Cree, debauchee, decree, dedicatee, Dee, degree, deportee, dernier cri, detainee, devisee, devotee, divorcee, draftee, dree, Dundee, dungaree, eau-de-vie, emcee, employee, endorsee, en famille, ennui, enrollee, escapee, esprit, evacuee, examinee, expellee, fee, fiddle-de-dee, flea, flee, fleur-de-lis, foresee, franchisee, free, fusee (US fuzee), Gardaí, garnishee, gee, ghee, goatee, grandee, Grand Prix, grantee, Guarani, guarantee, he, HMRC, indictee, inductee, internee, interviewee, invitee, jamboree, Jaycee, jeu d'esprit, key, knee, Lea, lee, legatee, Leigh, lessee, Ley, licensee, loanee, lychee, manatee, Manichee, maquis, Marie, marquee, me, Midi, mortgagee, MSc, nominee, obligee, Otomi, parolee, Parsee, parti pris, patentee, Pawnee, payee, pea, pee, permittee, plc, plea, pledgee, pollee, presentee, promisee, quay, ratatouille, referee, refugee, releasee, repartee, retiree, returnee, rupee, scot-free, scree, sea, secondee, see, settee, Shanxi, Shawnee, shchi, she, shea, si, sirree, ski, spree, standee, suttee, tant pis, tea, tee, tee-hee, Tennessee, testee, the, thee, three, thuggee, Tiree, Torquay, trainee, Tralee, transferee, tree, Trincomalee, trustee, tutee, twee, Twi, undersea, vestee, vis-à-vis, wagon-lit, Waikiki, warrantee, we, wee, whee, whoopee, ye, yippee, Zuider Zee Definition of glee in US English: gleenounɡliɡlē 1Great delight. his face lit up with impish glee Example sentencesExamples - A true sociopath, he takes great glee in humiliating and injuring the inmates.
- Just goes to show how people equate quality with price, he says with glee.
- This discovery fills him with such glee that he never tires of proclaiming it.
- His face, through the visor, was contorted in a weird grimace of glee as he brought the club down.
- He jumps off the table and shouts with glee, thinking about the fortune waiting for him in the bank.
- Between each new variation comes another burst of jubilant glee.
- Of course, I'll be rubbing my hands in glee at the thought of work being closed Monday.
- Her eyes went wide with delight as she spun around in glee, holding back a squeal.
- With childish glee, I discovered an exercise bike with a television screen attached to the front.
- I will admit we took a certain joy or glee in being in on something that others did not seem to know about.
- Some of the world's biggest arms manufacturers are rubbing their hands with glee at the prospect of a war.
- A lot of people are relishing this situation with glee and waiting to see what I'll do.
- Of course e-cards and virtual flowers are also welcome with great amounts of joy and glee.
- She is full of sudden excited glee; it is like a different person is in her, pushing against her own skin to get out of her.
- No doubt the ordinary citizens of England and Wales are rubbing their hands with glee at the prospect.
- As she neared the end of the piece, a smile of glee and satisfaction began to appear on her face.
- You can feel the enthusiasm as he delightedly chews every line for its last bit of glee and evil intent.
- Every hotel in the area is booked for election night as the media anticipate, some with glee, what might be the final act of his downfall.
- His phrasing is razor-sharp and should be served with relish and glee.
- Too often their misfortunes are met with glee, a schadenfreude that is quite horrifying.
Synonyms delight, pleasure, happiness, joy, joyfulness, gladness, elation, euphoria, exhilaration, cheerfulness, amusement, mirth, mirthfulness, merriment, joviality, jollity, jocularity 2A song for men's voices in three or more parts, usually unaccompanied, of a type popular especially c.1750–1830. Example sentencesExamples - Later, boys were paid to sing treble parts at meetings of glee clubs, and glees for SATB became more common.
- Instrumental tutors were published and glees (simple part-songs for male voices) became popular.
- Women were still restricted to the parlor, where they played keyboard instruments and the ‘English guitar’ and sang solos and a range of polite glees for upper and mixed voices.
Origin Old English glēo ‘entertainment, music, fun’, of Germanic origin. |