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View synonyms for gleeful

gleeful

[ glee-fuhl ]

adjective

  1. full of exultant joy; merry; delighted.


gleeful

/ ˈɡliːfʊl /

adjective

  1. full of glee; merry


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Derived Forms

  • ˈgleefully, adverb
  • ˈgleefulness, noun

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Other Words From

  • glee·ful·ly adverb
  • glee·ful·ness noun
  • un·glee·ful adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of gleeful1

First recorded in 1580–90; glee 1 + -ful

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Example Sentences

Told that this campaign ad is probably the greatest ever, Quast was gleeful.

Pharrell's Oscar performance of Best Original Song nominee "Happy" was just gleeful.

Bates describes the media outlets “falling over one another to describe her baby weight in gleeful detail.”

With the gleeful subhead: “After Years of Controversial Comments And Gaffes, Vice President Biden Gets Bumped From Prime Time.”

On his way to the hospital, a gleeful Chen reportedly spoke with Secretary Clinton, telling her “I want to kiss you.”

I wanted to jump and shout, but I compromised by taking Dr. Hudson down for a gleeful drink and planning our next tactic.

The result was a desperate effort at restraint, mingled with gleeful anticipation.

Gleeful, and vastly relieved, Professor Dineen slipped me twenty-five dollars out of his own pocket.

They had a gleeful anticipation that the prisoner would play some audacious pranks upon the judge.

Charlotte laughed in her face defiantly—contemptuously—with a gleeful, merry accent.

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