glee
noun/ɡliː/
/ɡliː/
[uncountable]- a feeling of happiness, usually because something good has happened to you, or something bad has happened to somebody else synonym delight
- He rubbed his hands in glee as he thought of all the money he would make.
- glee at something She couldn't disguise her glee at their embarrassment.
Word OriginOld English glēo ‘entertainment, music, fun’, of Germanic origin.Definitions on the go
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