gleeful

[glee-fuhl]

adjective

1. full of exultant joy; merry; delighted.

gleeful

/ ˈɡliːfʊl /

adjective

1. full of glee; merry

Other Word Forms

• gleefully adverb
• gleefulness noun
• ungleeful adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of gleeful¹

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

Example Sentences

This detail points to Allen’s gleeful invitation for the listener to peer deeper.

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The song that will almost certainly have everyone talking is “Wood,” a gleeful ode to a partner’s…impressive appendage.

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Swift used an interpolation of Michael’s song in her track of the same name — with a gleeful sign-off from the late singer’s estate.

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But, Rosenfield said, “When we take joy in the distress and ruination of other people, we make monsters of ourselves,” in that the internet has turned public shaming into a gleeful, global spectator sport.

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Samoan lock Nee-Nee was on hand to intercept, gleeful at such an opportunity being handed to him.

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