Glee
noun
A feeling of happiness or joy.
She jumped for glee after hearing the good news.
Often appears as...
- burst with glee
- leap for glee
noun
A type of song in three or more voices, popular in the 18th century.
The choir performed a glee beautifully at the concert.
Usage tips
Musical
noun
A feeling of happiness or joy.
She jumped for glee after hearing the good news.
Often appears as...
- burst with glee
- leap for glee
noun
A type of song in three or more voices, popular in the 18th century.
The choir performed a glee beautifully at the concert.
Usage tips
Musical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Expressing Happiness
Use 'glee' to describe pure, child-like happiness often expressed openly without restraint.
Her face lit up with glee at the surprise party.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Contexts
'Glee' is more commonly used in casual or informal situations, rather than formal ones.
They shared their glee over the funny movie they watched.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Intensity
'Glee' implies a strong level of happiness, more intense than a simple smile.
The kids opened their presents with glee.
Pro Tip 1/3Expressing Happiness
Use 'glee' to describe pure, child-like happiness often expressed openly without restraint.
Her face lit up with glee at the surprise party.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Contexts
'Glee' is more commonly used in casual or informal situations, rather than formal ones.
They shared their glee over the funny movie they watched.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Intensity
'Glee' implies a strong level of happiness, more intense than a simple smile.
The kids opened their presents with glee.
Pro Tip 1/3Expressing Happiness
Use 'glee' to describe pure, child-like happiness often expressed openly without restraint.
Her face lit up with glee at the surprise party.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Contexts
'Glee' is more commonly used in casual or informal situations, rather than formal ones.
They shared their glee over the funny movie they watched.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Intensity
'Glee' implies a strong level of happiness, more intense than a simple smile.
The kids opened their presents with glee.
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Safari Live - Day 246 PIPE...
feeding off the carcass with much glee and relish so where she was just now when we came here I have absolutely no idea we couldn't find her at all don't know where mom is can't see her sitting yeah I'm sure she's watching from a distance some way in the shade just making sure that this one is safe the
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Gayle Tzemach Lemmon:...
all four years, and actually wanted to drop out after the first, to go into the glee club, but when boys told her that girls couldn't play football, she decided to stay for all the little girls who would come after her. For them, biology had shaped part of their destiny, and put, as Cassie once said,
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Bruce Feiler: The...
and they came and they were doing this dance they had just made up where they were twirling faster and faster until they tumbled to the ground, laughing with all the glee in the world. I crumbled. I kept imagining all the walks I might not take with them, the art projects I might not mess up,
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Safari Live - Day 249 PIPE...
naughty like that and decide that he would rather you know somebody else do his homework he'll leave tumblr to do his homework while he kind of goes off and goofs around right now while hasana carries on feasting with much glee let's send you back across
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Crystal Rasmussen: A...
And as the shame monster swallowed me whole, I couldn't find myself in the mirror. Eventually, I left my hometown and went to a rather posh university that my whole town had celebrated my acceptance at with glee. And when I arrived there,
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How America's public...
I figured I'd go out on a limb and just make a wish list of the teenager's dream library. Over 200 brand-new books were sent to my room piece by piece. Every day there were new deliveries and my kids would exclaim with glee,
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The myth of Arachne -...
she flew into a rage and turned on the human weaver. Arachne’s glee dimmed as she felt her body shrinking and contorting. Her fingers waved wildly as her arms stuck to her sides, and black hair sprouted all over her body.
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The World Machine PIPE...
As Ethic falls, she remembers. She remembers the world before they unearthed the crystal. She remembers the glee she felt when she built her first robot. But mostly she remembers the friends she’s made
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John Wesley Powell: From...
it was the barometers and so we were saved as a as a scientific expedition and then they dug around some more than they were dancing and glee and I had no idea that their commitment to science
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Eye Trick Town PIPE...
spill down a hillside soaking up the Sun as they face the sea but look closely and you notice something's a little strange in tomoow glee the art of Illusion is everywhere this fishing
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Safari Live - Day 246 PIPE...
feeding off the carcass with much glee and relish so where she was just now when we came here I have absolutely no idea we couldn't find her at all don't know where mom is can't see her sitting yeah I'm sure she's watching from a distance some way in the shade just making sure that this one is safe the
Video examples
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon:...
all four years, and actually wanted to drop out after the first, to go into the glee club, but when boys told her that girls couldn't play football, she decided to stay for all the little girls who would come after her. For them, biology had shaped part of their destiny, and put, as Cassie once said,
Video examples
Bruce Feiler: The...
and they came and they were doing this dance they had just made up where they were twirling faster and faster until they tumbled to the ground, laughing with all the glee in the world. I crumbled. I kept imagining all the walks I might not take with them, the art projects I might not mess up,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 249 PIPE...
naughty like that and decide that he would rather you know somebody else do his homework he'll leave tumblr to do his homework while he kind of goes off and goofs around right now while hasana carries on feasting with much glee let's send you back across
Video examples
Crystal Rasmussen: A...
And as the shame monster swallowed me whole, I couldn't find myself in the mirror. Eventually, I left my hometown and went to a rather posh university that my whole town had celebrated my acceptance at with glee. And when I arrived there,
Video examples
How America's public...
I figured I'd go out on a limb and just make a wish list of the teenager's dream library. Over 200 brand-new books were sent to my room piece by piece. Every day there were new deliveries and my kids would exclaim with glee,
Video examples
The myth of Arachne -...
she flew into a rage and turned on the human weaver. Arachne’s glee dimmed as she felt her body shrinking and contorting. Her fingers waved wildly as her arms stuck to her sides, and black hair sprouted all over her body.
Video examples
The World Machine PIPE...
As Ethic falls, she remembers. She remembers the world before they unearthed the crystal. She remembers the glee she felt when she built her first robot. But mostly she remembers the friends she’s made
Video examples
John Wesley Powell: From...
it was the barometers and so we were saved as a as a scientific expedition and then they dug around some more than they were dancing and glee and I had no idea that their commitment to science
Video examples
Eye Trick Town PIPE...
spill down a hillside soaking up the Sun as they face the sea but look closely and you notice something's a little strange in tomoow glee the art of Illusion is everywhere this fishing
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Quote examples
Alan Alda
American Actor
Musicals are hard for me because I got thrown out of the glee club in high school, because I couldn't sing in tune at the time. I can sing in tune now, but I have to work really hard on it to make sure that I don't exercise one of my great talents, which is the ability to sing in three keys at the same time.
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Mitt Romney
American Politician
There will always be, within a party, people who backed one candidate versus people who backed another, and there will be factions in the party, and there's always a little glee faction looking at the difficulty of the other faction.
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Emma Gonzalez
American Activist
Meeting with people is awesome in every sense of the word. It can inspire you with glee. It can inspire you with happiness. It can inspire you with sadness and melancholy, but also hope.
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Rod Stewart
English Musician
Well, I have a CBE and I accepted it with glee because it's not bestowed on you by the royal family, it's not bestowed on you by the government, you have to be nominated by the public.
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Jim Nabors
American Actor
I sang in the glee club and church choir, but I never sang a solo. I never thought of myself as a singer, and that might have crossed your mind, too.
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Kevin Spacey
American Actor
To look in the eyes of audiences and see the kind of naughty glee that they got with being on the inside, the audience becomes your co-conspirators.
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Tim Burton
American Director
I guess I feel so tortured most of the time, when I see someone else feeling tortured, I get a little perverse glee out of it.
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Sarah Weinman
American Journalist
There are two ways to approach the writing of a mystery novel: adhere to the rules, or break them with glee.
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Georg Brandes
Danish Critic
The Danish glee: the national version of cheerfulness.
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Robert Rinder
English Judge
I celebrate Christmas with wilful glee.
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Alan Alda
American Actor
Musicals are hard for me because I got thrown out of the glee club in high school, because I couldn't sing in tune at the time. I can sing in tune now, but I have to work really hard on it to make sure that I don't exercise one of my great talents, which is the ability to sing in three keys at the same time.
Quote examples
Mitt Romney
American Politician
There will always be, within a party, people who backed one candidate versus people who backed another, and there will be factions in the party, and there's always a little glee faction looking at the difficulty of the other faction.
Quote examples
Emma Gonzalez
American Activist
Meeting with people is awesome in every sense of the word. It can inspire you with glee. It can inspire you with happiness. It can inspire you with sadness and melancholy, but also hope.
Quote examples
Rod Stewart
English Musician
Well, I have a CBE and I accepted it with glee because it's not bestowed on you by the royal family, it's not bestowed on you by the government, you have to be nominated by the public.
Quote examples
Jim Nabors
American Actor
I sang in the glee club and church choir, but I never sang a solo. I never thought of myself as a singer, and that might have crossed your mind, too.
Quote examples
Kevin Spacey
American Actor
To look in the eyes of audiences and see the kind of naughty glee that they got with being on the inside, the audience becomes your co-conspirators.
Quote examples
Tim Burton
American Director
I guess I feel so tortured most of the time, when I see someone else feeling tortured, I get a little perverse glee out of it.
Quote examples
Sarah Weinman
American Journalist
There are two ways to approach the writing of a mystery novel: adhere to the rules, or break them with glee.
Quote examples
Georg Brandes
Danish Critic
The Danish glee: the national version of cheerfulness.
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Robert Rinder
English Judge
I celebrate Christmas with wilful glee.
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