gleeful

  • 11gleeful — adjective the gleeful bunch over there must have been rooting for the Patriots Syn: delighted, pleased, joyful, happy, glad, overjoyed, elated, euphoric; amused, mirthful, merry, exuberant; jubilant; informal over the moon …

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  • 12gleeful — UK [ˈɡliːf(ə)l] / US [ˈɡlɪf(ə)l] adjective happy and excited, often because of someone else s bad luck She gave a gleeful chuckle. Derived word: gleefully UK / US adverb …

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  • 13gleeful — gleefully, adv. gleefulness, n. /glee feuhl/, adj. full of exultant joy; merry; delighted. [1580 90; GLEE1 + FUL] * * * …

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  • 14gleeful — adjective Exuberantly or triumphantly joyful. Syn: elated, exhilarated, high spirited, overjoyed See Also: glee, gleefully …

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  • 15gleeful — Synonyms and related words: blithe, blithesome, boon, buxom, cheerful, delighted, ecstatic, elated, exhilarated, exuberant, exultant, frivolous, gay, happy, hilarious, jocular, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, jubilant, laughter loving,… …

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  • 16gleeful — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. joyous, jolly, merry; see happy 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. joyous, gay, happy, merry, exultant, elated, mirthful, glad, jubilant, exhilarated, blithe. ANT.: depressed, miserable, melancholy III (Roget s… …

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  • 17gleeful — glee·ful || glɪːfÊŠl adj. joyous, gay, happy, mirthful …

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  • 18gleeful — adjective exuberantly or triumphantly joyful. Derivatives gleefully adverb gleefulness noun …

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  • 19gleeful — a. Glad, merry, joyous, light, light hearted, gay, happy, jocund, elate …

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  • 20gleeful — adjective really enjoying the fact that something good has happened to you or that something bad has happened to someone else gleefully adverb gleefulness noun (U) …

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