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Definition of glee

glee

/ɡliː/
glee
Adverb:gleefully
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Plural:glees
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Adjective:gleeful
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1

Great delight, exuberant joy, or lively merriment, often arising from one's own good fortune or another's misfortune.

Example

"The children clapped their hands in pure glee when the first snowflakes began to fall."

2

An unaccompanied choral composition or part-song for three or more solo voices, historically popular in Britain during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Example

"The university choir performed a traditional eighteenth-century glee at the spring concert."

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• Rhymes for glee

• Nearby Words

gleamy
glean
gleanings
glee
gleeful
gleefully
gleefulness

Word Origin & Etymology

Derived from Old English 'glēo', meaning musical entertainment, mirth, or jesting, from Proto-Germanic '*gliujan'.

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Glee. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/glee
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