Synonyms for glee

Grammar : Noun

Spell : glee

Phonetic Transcription : gli

Top 10 synonyms for glee

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Définition of glee

Origin : Old English gliu, gliw "entertainment, mirth, jest, play, sport," presumably from a Proto-Germanic *gleujam but absent in other Germanic languages except for the rare Old Norse gly "joy;" probably related to glad. A poetry word in Old English and Middle English, obsolete c.1500-c.1700, it somehow found its way back to currency late 18c. In Old English, an entertainer was a gleuman (female gleo-mægden). Glee club (1814) is from the secondary sense of "unaccompanied part-song" (1650s) as a form of musical entertainment.

noun extreme happiness

Example sentences :

The old lady turned back into the house, and her face was alive with glee.
Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

Right at him came the donkey, braying as though in glee at the trick he had played.
Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman

What a sudden sort of glee the night he discovered Bernard Shaw!
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

But suddenly the glee died—as suddenly as if a button had snapped off the current.
Extract from : « The Floating Island of Madness » by Jason Kirby

At the gate of Elm Cottage the dog came up to him, barking with glee.
Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

"Ay, faith, you do," The McMurrough chimed in with a sort of glee.
Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman

Nettie lifted upon her, eyes that danced with mischief and glee.
Extract from : « The Doctor's Family » by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

Say, Belle, do you know they took my voice and fitted a glee club to it?
Extract from : « Rim o' the World » by B. M. Bower

The gods shouted and laughed with glee when they saw how all his efforts were in vain.
Extract from : « Told by the Northmen: » by E. M. [Ethel Mary] Wilmot-Buxton

But the serious mood was soon displaced by a fresh access of glee.
Extract from : « Red, White, Blue Socks, Part First » by Sarah L Barrow

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