glee

[US]/ɡliː/
[UK]/ɡliː/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.Joy; happiness;Singing songs again and again.

Phrases & Collocations

express glee

pure glee

glee club

Example Sentences

full of glee (=in high glee)

there was a general tone of ill-concealed glee in the reporting.

Soon her glee turns to fear.

He was a charming mixture of glum and glee.

I am a gleeman,not a person who has glee,but only a sad gleeman.

He laughed with glee when he learned of his opponent's defeat).

Her glee knew no bounds when she crossed the finish line first); it may suggest spiteful pleasuresuch as that experienced at another's bad fortune (

Other newcomers to People's 2009 list include "American Idol" runner-up Adam Lambert and "Glee" actors Matthew Morrison, Cory Monteith and Mark Salling.

Its just a short form letter and appears to have been signed with the autopen of the day, but I hugged that letter with all the glee of a six-year-old boy getting his first train set from Santa Claus.

Real-world Examples

Apple did not hold back its glee.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

And joined in thine innocent glee.

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 4

With difficulty she restrained a smile of glee.

Source: Gone with the Wind

Many of the students exchanged looks of glee.

Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

" You swored, " the three-year-old announces with glee.

Source: A man named Ove decides to die.

Fred looked at Percy with glee.

Source: 7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

They were howling not in anger but in glee.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

Learning to speak the language of her ancestors gave Mshkogaabwid glee – a feeling of happiness, pleasure, or excitement.

Source: 6 Minute English

Have you considered the chess team or the glee club?

Source: Universal Dialogue for Children's Animation

My capital's Belmopan, I sing to you with glee.

Source: Children's Encyclopedia Song

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