gleeful en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈɡliːfəl/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From glee + -ful.
Meanings
-
Exuberantly or triumphantly joyful.
During [Tucker] Carlson’s keynote, he wedged sneers at his critics for crying “racist!” in between racist remarks about [Ilhan] Omar, jeremiads against the media (“I know there’s a bunch of reporters here, so . . . screw you”), and an attack on Elizabeth Warren and her donors (“She’s a tragedy, because she’s now obsessed with racism, which is why the finance world supports her”)—all to gleeful applause.
2019 July 24, David Austin Walsh, “Flirting With Fascism”, in Jewish Currents:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more gleeful | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most gleeful | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| gleefull | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
gleefulness · ungleeful · gleefully
Relateds
Synonyms
elated · high-spirited · exhilarated · overjoyed
Translations (16)
fi riemuitseva (joyful) · mi manamanahau (joyful) · mi manahau (joyful) · de schadenfroh (joyful) · bg ликуващ (joyful) · bg весел (joyful) · bg радостен (joyful) · uk радісний (joyful) · de genüsslich (joyful) · az şən (joyful) · ota قریر (joyful) · es beato (joyful) · hu vidám (joyful) · sv munter (joyful) · sv upprymd (joyful) · uk веселий (joyful)