gleeful

English

Alternative forms

• gleefull (archaic)

Etymology

From glee +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡliːfəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

gleeful (comparative more gleeful, superlative most gleeful)

1. Exuberantly or triumphantly joyful.
   • 2019 July 24, David Austin Walsh, “Flirting With Fascism”, in Jewish Currents‎^[1]:

     During [Tucker] Carlson’s keynote, he wedged sneers at his critics for crying “racist!” in between racist remarks about [Ilhan] Omar, jeremiads against the media (“I know there’s a bunch of reporters here, so . . . screw you”), and an attack on Elizabeth Warren and her donors (“She’s a tragedy, because she’s now obsessed with racism, which is why the finance world supports her”)—all to gleeful applause.

Synonyms

• elated
• exhilarated
• high-spirited
• overjoyed

Derived terms

• gleefully
• gleefulness

Related terms

• glee

Translations

joyful

• Azerbaijani: şən (az)
• Bulgarian: весел (bg) (vesel), радостен (bg) (radosten), ликуващ (bg) (likuvašt)
• Finnish: riemuitseva
• German: schadenfroh (de), genüsslich (de)
• Hungarian: vidám (hu)
• Maori: manahau, manamanahau
• Swedish: munter (sv), upprymd (sv)
• Ukrainian: радісний m (radisnyj), веселий m (veselyj)

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