as in cheerfulness
a mood characterized by high spirits and amusement and often accompanied by laughter
the evident glee with which the tabloids report on the misfortunes of celebrities
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Recent Examples of glee
The future of TikTok, meanwhile, remains unclear, as the Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on Friday over a potential U.S. Whatever the outcome, here’s hoping people will continue raising their ya ya ya with glee.
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Leslie Katz, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
From the left, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen can be seen ducking just behind NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman and Christina Koch, all staring with anticipatory glee at their spaceship.
—Space.com Staff, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
The nature of this acclaim is eliciting an unusual level of glee from Trump — a man who biographers say has never quite left behind the outer-borough imprint of his upbringing in Queens, N.Y., where his family’s wealth was never enough to buy him full entrée into the Manhattan cultural elite.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 14 Dec. 2024
Idiot glee is a kind of sheer joy at the mad fact of the world.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 9 Dec. 2024
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Leslie Katz, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
From the left, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen can be seen ducking just behind NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman and Christina Koch, all staring with anticipatory glee at their spaceship.
—Space.com Staff, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
The nature of this acclaim is eliciting an unusual level of glee from Trump — a man who biographers say has never quite left behind the outer-borough imprint of his upbringing in Queens, N.Y., where his family’s wealth was never enough to buy him full entrée into the Manhattan cultural elite.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 14 Dec. 2024
Idiot glee is a kind of sheer joy at the mad fact of the world.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 9 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glee
Noun
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And after the video ends, cameras pan to business operations president Crane Kenney’s suite, where Sosa will acknowledge the cheers and perform his traditional heart tap/air kiss salute.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Jan. 2025
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As the cheers echoed around the craggy walls of limestone, lit up with flashes of pink and purple light, there was a feeling of having stepped back in time, or perhaps onto the set of a movie—a sense that would recur across my week in the region of Basilicata.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
20 Jan. 2025
Noun
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With the move, Sewell joined Trump and his wife, Melania, in promoting digital currency coins in recent days, as the nation’s eyes have been focused on the festivities in Washington.—
Dan Mangan,Kevin Breuninger,Spencer Kimball,Christina Wilkie,Annie Nova,Brian Evans,Alex Harring,Yun Li,
CNBC,
20 Jan. 2025
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The annual festivities in China end on the first full moon of the year, with the celebration of the Lantern Festival, which is held on day 15 of the first month of the lunar calendar.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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When the vehicle stopped to turn onto the main road, her mirth vanished.—
Nnedi Okorafor,
WIRED,
14 Jan. 2025
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Aunt Harry dug her hard brown fingers into Mrs. Klein’s chubby pink wrists and shook her face with a strange mirth, as though the Holy Ghost had touched her.—
Henry Van Dyke,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2024
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“Glee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glee. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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