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 White House didn't respond to USA TODAY's request for comment, but Trump has repeatedly expressed glee at law firms cutting deals.
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Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025
There’s a sinful sort of glee in watching all of this unfold, knowing that the same mournful character might be the next one to die.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 May 2025
Dougal is this boy turning into a man, who has so much anger in him and wants to prove himself, and there's such glee behind the eyes in the way that Sam plays this character.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 21 May 2025
Caruso potting a dunk, then head-butting the ball with glee.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 18 May 2025
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Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025
There’s a sinful sort of glee in watching all of this unfold, knowing that the same mournful character might be the next one to die.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 May 2025
Dougal is this boy turning into a man, who has so much anger in him and wants to prove himself, and there's such glee behind the eyes in the way that Sam plays this character.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 21 May 2025
Caruso potting a dunk, then head-butting the ball with glee.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 18 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glee
Noun
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However, a Willi Castro home run in the fourth inning — his first of two on the night — inspired hearty cheers from Twins supporters, overpowering the home crowd’s boos.—
Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
4 June 2025
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Diaz and his partners erupted in cheers when the vote came down.—
Michael Cuglietta,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 June 2025
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While the White Sox play the Rangers in Texas on Saturday afternoon, the Archdiocese of Chicago will be at Rate Field celebrating the new leader of the Catholic Church — who was born and raised on the city’s South Side — with a Mass by Chicago Archbishop Blase J. Cupich and other festivities.—
Chuck Schilken,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
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The festivities end on June 22 with KC Defender’s Juneteenth Freedom Day Cookout, which will celebrate the history of radical Black resistance.—
Zuri Primos,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2025
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To some observers, the incessant joking was the sort of heartless mirth that social media had been running on for decades.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
The New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2025
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The mirth carries with it an undercurrent of Tyla’s particular brand of charisma.—
Funmi Fetto,
Vogue,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Glee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glee. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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