1
: exultant high-spirited joy : merriment
dancing with glee
2
: a part-song for usually male voices
Examples of glee in a Sentence
They were dancing with glee.
He could hardly contain his glee over his victory.
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Philip Elliott, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
To investors’ glee, Trump even managed to mention doling out carve-outs.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
The possibility of a sympathetic racial interpretation of Othello’s rage is mostly voided by the evident racist glee of the writing.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
The stories, jagged tales of sissies, losers, and assholes, showcase a more expansive palette and are written with sharp prose that crackles with transgressive glee.
—Grace Byron, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for glee
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“Glee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glee. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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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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