glee
Joy; happiness; great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from…Joy; happiness; great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune.
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Examples
11 sentencesMeaning
3 senses(uncountable)Joy; happiness; great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune.
Freude, Fröhlichkeit, Ausgelassenheit
ликова́ниеlikovánije, весе́льеvesélʹje, ра́достьrádostʹ
радістьradistʹ, веселощіveselošči
(uncountable)Music; minstrelsy; entertainment.
Rundgesang
му́зыкаmúzyka, развлече́нияrazvlečénija
(countable)An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices, not necessarily merry.
Rundgesang
пе́сняpésnja, песнопе́ниеpesnopénije
- great merriment
- malicious satisfaction
Origin
From Middle English gle, from Old English glēo, glīġ, glēow, glīw (“glee, pleasure, mirth,From Middle English gle, from Old English glēo, glīġ, glēow, glīw (“glee, pleasure, mirth, play, sport; music; mockery”), from Proto-West Germanic *glīw, from Proto-Germanic *glīwą (“joy, mirth”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰlew- (“to joke, make fun, enjoy”).
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Forms
plural: gleesSynonyms
38 synonyms- great merriment:hilaritymirthmirthfulnessgleefulness
- malicious satisfaction:gloatgloating
Word family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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