adj
gleesome
Gleesome (adj) means Full of joy and delight.
adj
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Full of joy and delight.
"“So it was a right gleesome frolic he had that night?”"
— Julian Stockwin, Pasha (2014)
"They were “gleesome as kittens, especially when off to a fight or a fire.”"
— Josephine F. Pacheco, The Pearl (2010)
"For the bird will sing gleesome dirges in your heart!""
— Various, O Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 (1924)
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Etymology
Formed from glee and -some. Compare Yola gleezom (“joy”).
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What is the meaning of gleesome?
"gleesome" (adj) means full of joy and delight.
What is the opposite of gleesome?
Opposites of "gleesome" include melancholy, sad.
