gleesome
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of gleesome
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Who would be pent up within four stone walls on such a day, when he could forth with the blue above and the green below, and a thousand gleesome things around?
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 5 November 1848 by Various
Klaus felt his good gold in his pockets, and returned gleesome, and in ease of heart, back to his ruinous house.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 by Various
Are not marriage and death twined hand in hand, to render that home desolate which once resounded with the laugh of many gleesome hearts, with the glad tones of youthful revelling and joy?
From The Mother's Recompense, Volume 2 A Sequel to Home Influence by Aguilar, Grace
Her gleesome voice and merry laugh were the sweetest music of their home.
From Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles
Oh! what a gleesome time Nannie had all the long summer day up so near the blue heavens!
From The Elm Tree Tales by Smith, F. Irene Burge (Frances Irene Burge)
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
