1
: exultant high-spirited joy : merriment
dancing with glee
2
: a part-song for usually male voices
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Examples of glee in a Sentence
They were dancing with glee.
He could hardly contain his glee over his victory.
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Megan Thee Stallion shouted with glee after picking up a floral bouquet thrown onto the stage by a fan.
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Lexi Carson, Variety, 22 May 2024
But their third effort, Kinds of Kindness, tarnishes their sterling record together, steering away (in a purple Dodge Challenger) from the luscious narrative glee of The Favourite and Poor Things to a more meandering, avant-garde approach.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 18 May 2024
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Lexi Carson, Variety, 22 May 2024
But their third effort, Kinds of Kindness, tarnishes their sterling record together, steering away (in a purple Dodge Challenger) from the luscious narrative glee of The Favourite and Poor Things to a more meandering, avant-garde approach.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 18 May 2024
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“Glee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glee. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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glee
noun1
: high-spirited joy
2
: an unaccompanied song for three or more voices
gleeful
adjective
-fəl
gleefully
adverb
-fə-lē
gleefulness
noun
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