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glee
1[ glee ]
glee
2[ glee ]
verb (used without object)
- to squint or look with one eye.
noun
- a squint.
- an imperfect eye, especially one with a cast.
glee
/ ɡliː /
noun
- great merriment or delight, often caused by someone else's misfortune
- a type of song originating in 18th-century England, sung by three or more unaccompanied voices Compare madrigal
Word History and Origins
Origin of glee1
Origin of glee2
Word History and Origins
Origin of glee1
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Example Sentences
The report made particularly strong waves in conservative media, but seemingly few took more glee than Carlson.
With a sudden burst of taboo glee, we flung our orange peels and soggy bread and paper sacks into our wake, watching them swirl in the foam as we putted past.
We’ve heard tales of “dad” colleagues proclaiming with glee how much time they have to write now, and foundation program officers expecting projects to proceed apace—if not faster!.
The delight of his teammates and announcers was beyond the normal glee after a major leaguer’s first home run.
So the part where Harrow starts going through all of these fanfiction tropes in her head, it just fills me with glee.
It happened on Glee and in Sex and The City, and now in Japan women can marry themselves.
But then the summit gives way to the other side of the hill, and a childlike glee arises from the whooooosh of the descent.
And just last May Glee aired “Old Dog, New Trick,” the first episode scripted by Colfer.
A shriek of glee briefly broke out across the Web as inquiring minds tried to deduce who was the lucky lady.
She actively, and with glee, imbued their lives with an abundance of misery.
The moon seemed to smile on him; the aurora appeared to dance with unwonted vigour, as if in glee; the very stars winked at him!
So when Yung Pak's father made him a present of a monkey—a real monkey—alive—he just danced with glee.
Sometimes Yung Pak would be the winner, and then he would march home with great glee and show the trophy to his father.
Georgie handed the paper to her cousin, the latter clapped her hands with glee.
Allcraft, with his brain on fire, received the visit of this man with secret glee.
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