gleeful
adjective
full of exultant joy; merry; delighted.
ungleeful
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a word derived from
gleeful.
Example Sentences
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This word was, however, soon succeeded by a not ungleeful curiosity.
From Time Magazine Archive
So that at last he began to get ungleeful at whiles, and few-spoken with men.
From The Sundering Flood by May Morris
He often found himself condemned to solitary toping over a stained newspaper, one of the most ungleeful joys known to man.
From The Belovéd Vagabond by William John Locke
So they ate their meat in the wilderness, and were nowise ungleeful, for to those twain the world seemed fair, and they hoped for great things.
From The Well at the World's End: a tale by William Morris
