Meaning of glee in English
(Definition of glee from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
glee | American Dictionary
Malone pumped his fist with glee after scoring the game-winner.
gleeful
adjective us
/ˈɡli·fəl/
gleeful children
gleefully
adverb us
/ˈɡli·fə·li/
She talks gleefully about her adventures.
Examples of glee
glee
And the high-wage employers went along with glee!
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Three of the children show teeth: one in glee, one in some fear, and one, a bystander, in amusement.
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In this light, perhaps it is carping to wish for just a bit more glee when listing fatal flaws in opposing lines of work.
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The mill was then taken over for glee-singing and dancing.
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Spouses, relatives and friends all begin to die off and some elderly survivors take a sombre glee in totting up the score.
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The introduction of the non-domestic rate was not greeted with great glee in the north because the amounts levied on businesses were greatly increased.
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Those concerned will be rubbing their hands with glee and trotting off on holidays abroad.
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This glee is evidence of extreme irresponsibility and a denial of fundamental values of democratic policy - prudent care for the common good.
His glee seemed to be associated with some suggestions he was making to trade unions.
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People told me with some glee about the building programme.
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I speak in this debate with no sense of glee at the state in which the coal industry finds itself.
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I cannot look upon that possibility with any feelings of glee.
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So all this cruelty and horror, which they perpetrate with, it seems, such glee, is virtually for nothing.
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I do not state these facts with any glee or satisfaction.
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The media will carry all the destructive speeches with great glee and will speculate gloomily about the figures of the polls.
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歓喜…
başkalarının kötü şansı veya iyi şansından dolayı duyulan büyük mutluluk, sevinç, neşe…
joie, jubilation…
alegria…
vreugde…
fryd…
glädje, fröjd…
keseronokan…
die Fröhlichkeit…
fryd, jubel…
веселощі…
ликование…
بَهْجة, غِبْطة…
radost…
kegembiraan…
ความปิติยินดี…
niềm vui sướng…
radość…
신나는 기분…
gioia…
