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- [glee]
- /gli/
- /ɡliː/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [glee]
- /gli/
Definitions of glee word
- noun glee a squint. 1
- noun glee an imperfect eye, especially one with a cast. 1
- verb without object glee to squint or look with one eye. 1
- noun glee Great delight. 1
- noun glee delight 1
- noun glee gloating satisfaction 1
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Origin of glee
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English glēo; cognate with Old Norse glȳ; akin to glow
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Glee
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
glee popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
glee usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for glee
noun glee
- joy — a female given name.
- delight — Delight is a feeling of very great pleasure.
- verve — enthusiasm or vigor, as in literary or artistic work; spirit: Her latest novel lacks verve.
- pleasure — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- jocularity — the state or quality of being jocular.
adjective glee
- giggler — to laugh in a silly, often high-pitched way, especially with short, repeated gasps and titters, as from juvenile or ill-concealed amusement or nervous embarrassment.
- crackup — a cracking up
- chortler — One who chortles.
- crower — to utter the characteristic cry of a rooster.
- gurgling — to flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current: The water gurgled from the bottle.
Antonyms for glee
noun glee
- sadness — affected by unhappiness or grief; sorrowful or mournful: to feel sad because a close friend has moved away.
- sorrow — distress caused by loss, affliction, disappointment, etc.; grief, sadness, or regret.
- melancholy — sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness.
- worry — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
- woe — grievous distress, affliction, or trouble: His woe was almost beyond description.
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