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
After 32 years in music, the 53-year Grammy winner clearly still finds his greatest glee in performing.
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Leena Tailor, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2025
Whereas Americans look upon ice with glee, generally speaking Europeans view ice as unnecessary, and even a little gross.
—Francesca Street, CNN Money, 25 July 2025
But the speed and apparent glee with which the internet cast its collective stone should give us pause.
—Margie Warrell, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
But as much fun as finding things can be, destroying them is truly an act of glee.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2025
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Leena Tailor, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2025
Whereas Americans look upon ice with glee, generally speaking Europeans view ice as unnecessary, and even a little gross.
—Francesca Street, CNN Money, 25 July 2025
But the speed and apparent glee with which the internet cast its collective stone should give us pause.
—Margie Warrell, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
But as much fun as finding things can be, destroying them is truly an act of glee.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glee
Noun
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Winter Park won state championships in competitive cheer and girls and boys volleyball and piled up 159 points in a system that measures postseason success across all 32 of the FHSAA’s sanctioned sports.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Aug. 2025
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From the training room and the dining room and the weight room, there were brief cheers.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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The audience, limited to 15 people per performance, joins Irina’s birthday festivities during the opening scene; attendees are invited to eat cake and drink champagne, with some sitting at the dinner table and others scattered around the room.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 2025
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No announcement as to Kesha’s potential involvement in the festivities has been released, however.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
8 Aug. 2025
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The two tell me with mirth and kindness that the question is quite a faux pas.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
1 July 2025
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Metzler did a wonderful job blending misery and mirth in Maid, a series that was an often-downbeat class critique in which bursts of satire worked as a release valve.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2025
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“Glee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glee. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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