1
: exultant high-spirited joy : merriment
dancing with glee
2
: a part-song for usually male voices
Examples of glee in a Sentence
They were dancing with glee.
He could hardly contain his glee over his victory.
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That glee in the face of pain may come back to haunt Trump.
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Maureen Dowd, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
Her glee is deeper than that, and on this night, it was shared by scores of school faculty, administrators, students and alums, some in their 80s, who squeezed into crammed quarters for an up-close peek of the now merging with the future.
—Joe Davidson, Sacramento Bee, 14 Feb. 2025
From the moment her face lights up as someone off-frame hands her guitar, the Oscar-winner pitches everything at the level of demented, manic glee.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
This may partially explain why Republican lawmakers are watching Trump’s moves with glee.
—Jess Bidgood, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2025
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Maureen Dowd, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
Her glee is deeper than that, and on this night, it was shared by scores of school faculty, administrators, students and alums, some in their 80s, who squeezed into crammed quarters for an up-close peek of the now merging with the future.
—Joe Davidson, Sacramento Bee, 14 Feb. 2025
From the moment her face lights up as someone off-frame hands her guitar, the Oscar-winner pitches everything at the level of demented, manic glee.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
This may partially explain why Republican lawmakers are watching Trump’s moves with glee.
—Jess Bidgood, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Glee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glee. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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glee
noun1
: high-spirited joy
2
: an unaccompanied song for three or more voices
gleeful
adjective
-fəl
gleefully
adverb
-fə-lē
gleefulness
noun
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