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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

gleeful en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɡliːfəl/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From glee + -ful.

Meanings

  1. 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

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more gleeful Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most gleeful Degree=Sup lexicographic
gleefull alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

gleefulness · ungleeful · gleefully

Relateds

glee

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)