glee

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glee

The children watched the puppy play with glee.

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • Great merriment; lively joy: A feeling of great happiness and delight, often expressed openly.
    • Malicious satisfaction; spiteful joy: Pleasure or satisfaction derived from another's misfortune.
Usage
  • The word "glee" describes a high degree of joy, often with a sense of triumph or exuberance. It can be a pure, innocent delight or a more unkind pleasure at someone else's trouble. The context usually makes the specific meaning clear.
Examples
  • Great merriment:
    • The children laughed with glee as they opened their presents.
    • She clapped her hands in glee when she heard the good news.
  • Malicious satisfaction:
    • He watched his rival's failure with undisguised glee.
    • There was a hint of glee in her voice when she delivered the bad news.
Advanced Usage
  • "Glee club": A group organized for singing songs, typically in parts (e.g., three-part or four-part harmony). This is a specific, established compound term.
    • He joined the university glee club to sing baritone.
Variants and Related Words
  • Gleeful (adjective): Full of glee; joyfully or triumphantly merry.
    • She gave a gleeful laugh.
  • Gleefully (adverb): In a gleeful manner.
    • He gleefully accepted the award.
Synonyms
  • For great merriment: Joy, delight, jubilation, exultation, mirth.
  • For malicious satisfaction: Schadenfreude, gloating, spite.
Idioms and Phrases
  • "Full of glee": Extremely happy and merry.
    • The winning team was full of glee after the championship.
  • "With glee": Used to describe doing something joyfully or with malicious pleasure.
    • The puppy destroyed the pillow with glee.
    • The critic reviewed the terrible film with glee.
glee

The children watched the puppy play with glee.

Noun
  1. malicious satisfaction
  2. great merriment

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