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- DictionaryGlee·ful/ˈɡlēf(ə)l/
adjective
- 1. exuberantly or triumphantly joyful: "she gave a gleeful chuckle"
The meaning of GLEEFUL is full of glee : merry. How to use gleeful in a sentence.
happy, excited, or pleased: a gleeful smile / shout. I rubbed my hands in gleeful anticipation before settling down to sleep. See. glee. Fewer examples. The manager had a gleeful smile on his face. He seemed almost gleeful that his party had lost their majority. The king's response was almost gleeful. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Gleeful definition: full of exultant joy; merry; delighted.. See examples of GLEEFUL used in a sentence.
happy, excited, or pleased: a gleeful smile / shout. I rubbed my hands in gleeful anticipation before settling down to sleep. See. glee. Fewer examples. The manager had a gleeful smile on his face. He seemed almost gleeful that his party had lost their majority. The king's response was almost gleeful.
If you're gleeful, you're delighted or joyful. The sound of children's gleeful laughter is one sign of a successful birthday party. When you feel gleeful, you're more than happy: you're exuberant and joyous.
adjective. Someone who is gleeful is happy and excited, often because of someone else's bad luck. [written] He took an almost gleeful delight in showing how wrong they can be. Synonyms: delighted, happy, pleased, cheerful More Synonyms of gleeful.
Definition of gleeful adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.