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glee
1[glee]
noun
open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation.
Synonyms: , , , , ,an unaccompanied part song for three or more voices, popular especially in the 18th century.
glee
2[glee]
verb (used without object)
to squint or look with one eye.
noun
a squint.
an imperfect eye, especially one with a cast.
glee
/ ɡː /
noun
great merriment or delight, often caused by someone else's misfortune
a type of song originating in 18th-century England, sung by three or more unaccompanied voices Compare madrigal
51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of glee1
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Example Sentences
Here, her incorrigible Eleanor barks at a grocery store clerk to fetch the kosher pickles and cackles with glee informing her grandson that his mother’s high school nickname was the “class mattress.”
His whole career, he says, “was based in love and my desire to entertain and bring glee and creativity to young people, and to everyone.”
While Fine may be lurid in his bloody fantasies of genocide, he's not alone in his glee over Palestinian suffering on his side of the aisle.
“It’s got some compote in the middle — we may need forks to get in there,” Fey says with glee as she reaches for some.
There's none of the sleek appeal of Loki from the "Avengers" franchise or camp glee of Ursula from "The Little Mermaid."
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