gleeful
12
1.2
- adjective
- /ˈɡliːfəl/
:
jubiloso
- She gave a gleeful cheer when her favorite team scored the winning goal.
But even Elon is not going to be gleeful about letting people go that are doing a good job.
- But even Elon is not going to be gleeful about letting people go that are doing a good job.
- So a couple of people that I was pretty close to were gleeful were well, that guy's been brought down a peg or two.
Examples
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In the early 1950s, DeVoto taunted both J. Edgar Hoover and Senator Joseph McCarthy with gleeful abandon.
Academic text (2010) -
The entire world wholeheartedly embraced the apocalypse and sprinted towards it with gleeful abandon.
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The last weekly dance of the trip became an especially gleeful occasion.
Fiction book (2001) -
Why did your friends look so frightened and so gleeful when Hollenius came in?
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Embarrassed, liberated, and gleeful like a little kid, he runs his hand over his head.
Fiction book (2000) -
Maybe she'll feel a little more gleeful once she's caught up on her sleep.
Blog text (10) -
Then he snapped it down, looking really gleeful because he'd scared her.
Fiction book (1990) -
For a maddening, gleeful moment, Frank has Satch caught between third and home.
Fiction book (2000) -
You're just gleeful.
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To this monetary hymn, the IRS sang their own gleeful counterpoint.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Feeling pleased and content
∞
1.0
Feeling pleased or happy about something
∞
1.0
Feeling very happy and eager about something
936
1.0
Feeling happy or satisfied about something
228
1.0
Feeling very happy about something good
171
2.3
Feeling very excited and happy
111
1.0
Happy in a way you show with a smile or friendly actions
70
1.0
Feeling or showing great happiness
69
4.5
Feeling very happy and excited
62
1.8
Feeling very happy and showing it
58
3.7
Feeling very happy and proud after a win or success
23
3.3
Very happy and free from worry
19
6.4
Feeling very happy and excited after good news
18
5.9
Very happy and full of energy
15
5.0
Feeling very happy because of a success or a good event
11
4.0
Feeling very happy and excited because of good news or success
10
2.1
Feeling very happy and excited about something good
6
7.0
Feeling or showing great joy and excitement
5
8.2
Very lively and full of energy
3
7.3
Very happy and proud because of a big success
1
6.3
Full of joy and laughter
1
6.5
Showing great joy and pride after a big success
1
9.0
Feeling happy and cheerful
1
8.0
Being very excited and happy
Very excited and happy in an obvious way
Smiling very widely and looking clearly happy
Feeling very happy and excited
Very pleased and full of joy
Joyful and proud because of a win or success
Antonyms
How Happy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Gleeful comes from glee, which means 'joy' and once meant 'happy music' or fun, and the ending -ful means 'full of'. So gleeful means 'full of joy', like someone laughing and singing because they are very happy.