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- [glee-fuh l]
- /ˈgli fəl/
- /ɡliː/
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- [glee-fuh l]
- /ˈgli fəl/
Definitions of gleeful word
- adjective gleeful full of exultant joy; merry; delighted. 1
- noun gleeful Exuberantly or triumphantly joyful. 1
- adjective gleeful joyous, joyful 1
- adjective gleeful Someone who is gleeful is happy and excited, often because of someone else's bad luck. 0
- adjective gleeful full of glee; merry 0
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Origin of gleeful
First appearance:
before 1580 One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1580-90; glee1 + -ful
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Parts of speech for Gleeful
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
gleeful popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for gleeful
adj gleeful
- blithe — You use blithe to indicate that something is done casually, without serious or careful thought.
- boon — You can describe something as a boon when it makes life better or easier for someone.
- cheerful — Someone who is cheerful is happy and shows this in their behaviour.
- delighted — If you are delighted, you are extremely pleased and excited about something.
- frolicsome — merrily playful; full of fun.
adjective gleeful
- happy — delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person.
- elated — Extremely happy and excited; delighted; pleased.
- thrilled — to affect with a sudden wave of keen emotion or excitement, as to produce a tremor or tingling sensation through the body.
- over the moon — extremely joyful
- excited — awakened
Antonyms for gleeful
adj gleeful
- discouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- sorrowful — full of or feeling sorrow; grieved; sad.
- upset — to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
- worried — having or characterized by worry; concerned; anxious: Their worried parents called the police.
- sad — Systems Analysis Definition
adjective gleeful
- despondent — If you are despondent, you are very unhappy because you have been experiencing difficulties that you think you will not be able to overcome.
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