noun
glee
glee
noun
1
Great delight or high-spirited joy.
"The children shrieked with glee as the roller coaster dropped."
"He couldn't hide his glee at winning the competition."
How to Use Glee
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA strong feeling of joyful excitement.
When to use it
Sometimes carries a slightly mischievous or gloating edge, as in delighting at someone else's misfortune.
Common pairings
squeal with glee
barely concealed glee
shout with glee
Word Forms
gleed past tense, glees plural, glees singular
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Etymology
From Old English gleo, "mirth, entertainment, or music," a word that fell out of use by 1500 but was revived in the late 1700s.