glee

noun

ˈglē How to pronounce glee (audio)
Definition of gleenext
as in cheerfulness
a mood characterized by high spirits and amusement and often accompanied by laughter the evident glee with which the tabloids report on the misfortunes of celebrities

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Recent Examples of glee The red Indian of the Western plains tied his prisoner to the stake, tortured him, and danced in fiendish glee while his victim writhed in the flames. — Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Feb. 2025 Trump has defended Musk’s slashing and their social media accounts seem to take sincere glee and stripping feds of their livelihoods. — Philip Elliott, TIME, 19 Feb. 2025 Hours after his initial TikTok video, the album hit No. 2 on the iTunes charts, much to Pratt's glee. — Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2025 That glee in the face of pain may come back to haunt Trump. — Maureen Dowd, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for glee
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  1. cheer
  2. festivity
  3. mirth
Noun
  • As the camera panned to Brown, also clad in the glasses, the audience let out a few whoops and cheers.
    — Michelle McGahan, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
  • No need to wait on this one, studios or streamers: This played in the heartland to rolling laughs, tears and cheers tonight.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of cheer
Noun
  • Since announcing her move, she’s been documenting her efforts to immerse herself in Ireland’s festivities, including at the national St. Patrick’s Day parade in Dublin, which is attended by roughly 500,000 people, according to the Associated Press.
    — Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Eustis Mayor Willie Hawkins will open the festivities with the reading of a proclamation in front of the school, followed by historical tours, performances, games, food, music and art.
    — Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of festivity
Noun
  • On this day, director Jeffrey Lo and book, music and lyrics creator Min Kahng plopped dead center at their work station as the chaos and mirth of a new musical exploded around them.
    — David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2025
  • To some observers, the incessant joking was the sort of heartless mirth that social media had been running on for decades.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
Definition of mirth

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