Definition of glee
1 : exultant high-spirited joy : merriment dancing with glee
2 : a part-song for usually male voices
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Examples of glee in a Sentence
They were dancing with glee.
He could hardly contain his glee over his victory.
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Ariel's musically maniacal sisters are played with glee by Molly Mulhern, Jacquelyn Achord, Melanie Gardner, Allee Peck, Rachel Morris and Ayme Melancon.
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But your glee became routine as Federer embarked on a seemingly endless string of wins, taking subsequent titles at Indian Wells, Miami, and Halle.
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Pribyl, as a sadistic ex-military officer who furiously beats his servant and heaps abuse on a doddering older relative (Kipp Moorman), all with a maniacal glee and a glint in his eye that’s already gone around the bend toward crazy.
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Imagine my glee many years ago when White Castle opened some outlets in the Kansas City area.
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New York can hardly contain its glee with the news that Phil Jackson will no longer be asleep at the Knicks’ wheel.
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Jones coached Wilson from fifth grade through high school, and then watched with glee as his pupil became the area’s first product to accept a hoops scholarship to Michigan.
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Mr. Jones and glee: Sox reliever Nate Jones has been sidelined since late April with inflammation in his right elbow.
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Transferring to compete in rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline (and then, eventually, back to New Directions), Corazon appeared in three episodes of the show.
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Origin and Etymology of glee
Middle English, from Old English glēo entertainment, music; akin to Old Norse glȳ joy, and perhaps to Greek chleuē joke
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: a strong feeling of happiness : great pleasure or satisfaction
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