glee
/gli:/
Definition
- 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.
Noun
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malicious satisfaction
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great merriment
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