as in cheerfulness
a mood characterized by high spirits and amusement and often accompanied by laughter
the evident glee with which the tabloids report on the misfortunes of celebrities
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Recent Examples of glee
The red Indian of the Western plains tied his prisoner to the stake, tortured him, and danced in fiendish glee while his victim writhed in the flames.
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Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Feb. 2025
Trump has defended Musk’s slashing and their social media accounts seem to take sincere glee and stripping feds of their livelihoods.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 19 Feb. 2025
Hours after his initial TikTok video, the album hit No. 2 on the iTunes charts, much to Pratt's glee.
—Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2025
That glee in the face of pain may come back to haunt Trump.
—Maureen Dowd, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
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Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Feb. 2025
Trump has defended Musk’s slashing and their social media accounts seem to take sincere glee and stripping feds of their livelihoods.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 19 Feb. 2025
Hours after his initial TikTok video, the album hit No. 2 on the iTunes charts, much to Pratt's glee.
—Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2025
That glee in the face of pain may come back to haunt Trump.
—Maureen Dowd, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glee
Noun
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As the camera panned to Brown, also clad in the glasses, the audience let out a few whoops and cheers.—
Michelle McGahan,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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No need to wait on this one, studios or streamers: This played in the heartland to rolling laughs, tears and cheers tonight.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The Jayhawks will also honor seven seniors as part of Senior Day festivities on Saturday.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
7 Mar. 2025
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But according to its founder, Linklater, who spoke to IndieWire via Zoom in advance of the festivities, the essential DNA of those early days is still there—and should be a lesson to cinephiles everywhere else about how to create a community.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
6 Mar. 2025
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On this day, director Jeffrey Lo and book, music and lyrics creator Min Kahng plopped dead center at their work station as the chaos and mirth of a new musical exploded around them.—
David John Chávez,
The Mercury News,
2 Mar. 2025
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To some observers, the incessant joking was the sort of heartless mirth that social media had been running on for decades.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
The New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Glee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glee. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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