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
Idiot glee is a kind of sheer joy at the mad fact of the world.
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Sean Illing, Vox, 9 Dec. 2024
Between the lush visuals and the scale of the damage Sam, Williams, and Eleanor are doing, there’s a chaotic glee and panache to the proceedings that are impossible to achieve as a lone gunman.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
Supporters of the movement can barely disguise their glee.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 23 Dec. 2024
Everyone in town is terrified of bears roaming the streets, but their glee once again turns into hostility when their taxes are raised to pay for the Bear Patrol that’s keeping them safe.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
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Sean Illing, Vox, 9 Dec. 2024
Between the lush visuals and the scale of the damage Sam, Williams, and Eleanor are doing, there’s a chaotic glee and panache to the proceedings that are impossible to achieve as a lone gunman.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
Supporters of the movement can barely disguise their glee.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 23 Dec. 2024
Everyone in town is terrified of bears roaming the streets, but their glee once again turns into hostility when their taxes are raised to pay for the Bear Patrol that’s keeping them safe.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glee
Noun
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Although snow is less likely before the turn of the year, a pre-Christmas trip to Oslo is still guaranteed to fill you with festive cheer.—
David Nikel,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement Except Hogan, who has probably received more cheers than anyone in wrestling history, was met with overwhelming boos.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Jan. 2025
Noun
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With the move, Sewell joined Trump and his wife, Melania, in promoting digital currency coins in recent days, as the nation’s eyes have been focused on the festivities in Washington.—
Dan Mangan,Kevin Breuninger,Spencer Kimball,Christina Wilkie,Annie Nova,Brian Evans,Alex Harring,Yun Li,
CNBC,
20 Jan. 2025
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The annual festivities in China end on the first full moon of the year, with the celebration of the Lantern Festival, which is held on day 15 of the first month of the lunar calendar.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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Aunt Harry dug her hard brown fingers into Mrs. Klein’s chubby pink wrists and shook her face with a strange mirth, as though the Holy Ghost had touched her.—
Henry Van Dyke,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2024
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As Pagliacci and Smokey Robinson could tell you, there’s nothing new about the intersection of mirth and melancholy.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Dec. 2024
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“Glee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glee. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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