Gleeful
adjective
Being full of joy and happiness.
The children were gleeful when they saw the stack of presents waiting for them.
Often appears as...
- gleeful laughter
- gleeful expression
adjective
Being full of joy and happiness.
The children were gleeful when they saw the stack of presents waiting for them.
Often appears as...
- gleeful laughter
- gleeful expression
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Emotion
Use 'gleeful' to describe situations with a strong, positive emotional impact.
He was gleeful after receiving his university acceptance letter.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Contexts
'Gleeful' is often used in casual, informal settings rather than in serious or formal contexts.
They were gleeful at the surprise birthday party.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity
'Gleeful' implies a higher level of excitement compared to just being 'happy'.
Her gleeful shout echoed as she won the game.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Emotion
Use 'gleeful' to describe situations with a strong, positive emotional impact.
He was gleeful after receiving his university acceptance letter.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Contexts
'Gleeful' is often used in casual, informal settings rather than in serious or formal contexts.
They were gleeful at the surprise birthday party.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity
'Gleeful' implies a higher level of excitement compared to just being 'happy'.
Her gleeful shout echoed as she won the game.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Emotion
Use 'gleeful' to describe situations with a strong, positive emotional impact.
He was gleeful after receiving his university acceptance letter.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Contexts
'Gleeful' is often used in casual, informal settings rather than in serious or formal contexts.
They were gleeful at the surprise birthday party.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity
'Gleeful' implies a higher level of excitement compared to just being 'happy'.
Her gleeful shout echoed as she won the game.
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How one tweet can ruin...
which was, "Wow, somebody's screwed! Somebody's life is about to get terrible!" And I sat up in my bed, and I put the pillow behind my head, and then I thought, I'm not entirely sure that joke was intended to be racist. Maybe instead of gleefully flaunting her privilege, she was mocking the gleeful flaunting of privilege.
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Penguins vs. Pelicans PIPE...
leaks of these pelicans sitting ducks in front of them only when the pelicans back off on their gluttony and let go of some of their cash can they surface and enjoy the bounty and their peace leaving the end shall be banquet down below once more to these gleeful gluttons
Video examples
How one tweet can ruin...
which was, "Wow, somebody's screwed! Somebody's life is about to get terrible!" And I sat up in my bed, and I put the pillow behind my head, and then I thought, I'm not entirely sure that joke was intended to be racist. Maybe instead of gleefully flaunting her privilege, she was mocking the gleeful flaunting of privilege.
Video examples
Penguins vs. Pelicans PIPE...
leaks of these pelicans sitting ducks in front of them only when the pelicans back off on their gluttony and let go of some of their cash can they surface and enjoy the bounty and their peace leaving the end shall be banquet down below once more to these gleeful gluttons
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Quote examples
Jon Meacham
American Editor
Incumbent White House parties have won 10 of the last 18 presidential elections; the odds are tight, but they favor Obama in 2012. And so gloomy Democrats, check your despair; gleeful Republicans, watch the hubris.
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Peter Hitchens
English Journalist
Gleeful, unembarrassed ruthlessness, once rightly kept in check, has become normal among us, and 'Game Of Thrones' is a success because this change is now more or less complete.
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Zach Galligan
American Actor
The gremlins are clearly the ones have the most fun in the film, trashing the town, going to the bar, smashing things, etc. It's all gleeful chaos, which makes the movie fun.
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Claire Fox
British Writer
I have no truck with the faintly conspiratorial argument that international governments are gleeful about a public-health emergency to enact authoritarian measures.
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John Rhys-Davies
Welsh Actor
Villains are a lot of fun. My villains have a lot of tongue-in-cheek. They are sometimes conscious of and a little bit gleeful of their villainy.
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Pamela Druckerman
American Writer
When my kids correct my cultural missteps, I sometimes suspect that they're not embarrassed, they're gleeful.
Quote examples
Jon Meacham
American Editor
Incumbent White House parties have won 10 of the last 18 presidential elections; the odds are tight, but they favor Obama in 2012. And so gloomy Democrats, check your despair; gleeful Republicans, watch the hubris.
Quote examples
Peter Hitchens
English Journalist
Gleeful, unembarrassed ruthlessness, once rightly kept in check, has become normal among us, and 'Game Of Thrones' is a success because this change is now more or less complete.
Quote examples
Zach Galligan
American Actor
The gremlins are clearly the ones have the most fun in the film, trashing the town, going to the bar, smashing things, etc. It's all gleeful chaos, which makes the movie fun.
Quote examples
Claire Fox
British Writer
I have no truck with the faintly conspiratorial argument that international governments are gleeful about a public-health emergency to enact authoritarian measures.
Quote examples
John Rhys-Davies
Welsh Actor
Villains are a lot of fun. My villains have a lot of tongue-in-cheek. They are sometimes conscious of and a little bit gleeful of their villainy.
Quote examples
Pamela Druckerman
American Writer
When my kids correct my cultural missteps, I sometimes suspect that they're not embarrassed, they're gleeful.
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