1
: exultant high-spirited joy : merriment
dancing with glee
2
: a part-song for usually male voices
Examples of glee in a Sentence
They were dancing with glee.
He could hardly contain his glee over his victory.
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Cackling with glee, in a top hat with golden demon horns poking through it, Daymond’s Malvolio has the characters compete against one another in physical challenges — like trying to pop balloons by slamming their butts down on them while a teammate holds them in place, ready for the squashing.
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James Grebey, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2025
The audience seemed to agree, welcoming the over-the-top action sequences, Pemberton’s insights about the soundtrack – and especially the news about that scandalous Maron-Lyonne banter – with glee.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 11 June 2025
Hailey threw herself into her classic country number with a glee — and a spot-on vocal — that left me going yodelayheeho-OMG! Fun and terrific in equal measure.
—Charlie Mason, TVLine, 14 Apr. 2025
Some Yankees were upset during the offseason, feeling the Dodgers took too much glee and rubbed it in about the Yankees’ metdown in the fifth inning of Game 5.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2025
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James Grebey, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2025
The audience seemed to agree, welcoming the over-the-top action sequences, Pemberton’s insights about the soundtrack – and especially the news about that scandalous Maron-Lyonne banter – with glee.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 11 June 2025
Hailey threw herself into her classic country number with a glee — and a spot-on vocal — that left me going yodelayheeho-OMG! Fun and terrific in equal measure.
—Charlie Mason, TVLine, 14 Apr. 2025
Some Yankees were upset during the offseason, feeling the Dodgers took too much glee and rubbed it in about the Yankees’ metdown in the fifth inning of Game 5.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2025
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“Glee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glee. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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glee
noun1
: high-spirited joy
2
: an unaccompanied song for three or more voices
gleeful
adjective
-fəl
gleefully
adverb
-fə-lē
gleefulness
noun
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