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单词 gleeful
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Definition of gleeful in English:

gleeful

adjective ˈɡliːf(ə)lˈɡliːfʊlˈɡlifəl
  • Exuberantly or triumphantly joyful.

    she gave a gleeful chuckle
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Other displays mix genres and media with almost gleeful abandon.
    • She would spend hours in gleeful delight finding out new things.
    • The result is an intricate, gleeful conversation between eras, ideas and characters.
    • I felt like a gleeful kid after a particularly lucrative Halloween expedition, and enacted the self-same rituals.
    • It's all there in plain sight, which is why the reporters are having such an easy, gleeful time digging it up.
    • Granted, the novel isn't gleeful, but there's enough levity to entertain the idea of lasting love.
    • Very gleeful when I think of it having to walk through all that dust!
    • With a penetrable fourth wall, a spot of audience participation and plenty of gleeful nonsense, this is pantomime in all but dame.
    • Our curiosity was aroused by the gleeful squeals and ripples of bawdy laughter emanating from the crowd.
    • I feel like I have pulled one over on myself when I wasn't looking and I am gleeful.
    • They were ambling joyfully, jumping, excited by the huge gleeful crowd.
    • I was especially gleeful because she was my primary school best friend.
    • We collapsed with gleeful guffaws thinking it was our secret discovery and no way would our teacher know what we were on about.
    • You can almost hear, watching their avidly gleeful faces, the exhortations of the stage manager to look more joyful.
    • You've run with the pack in a gleeful stomp right on top of him.
    • The joyous screams, the gleeful yelps, and a happy, wagging tail added life to the peaceful, gentle beach.
    • Now we have some professionally gleeful all-purpose presenter.
    • The idea was that the perennially gleeful blond would travel to Scotland to source scallops and langoustines.
    • He then gave me a maliciously gleeful look and walked over to the wall again.
    • Even the enthusiastic and gleeful performances can't compensate for the utter lameness of it all.
    Synonyms
    delighted, pleased, joyful, happy, glad, amused, mirthful, cheerful, overjoyed, elated, euphoric, exhilarated
    merry, gay, high-spirited, in high spirits, jolly, jovial, exuberant
    cock-a-hoop, jubilant
    informal over the moon
    literary joyous

Derivatives

  • gleefulness

  • noun
    • We wanted him or her to let go, to reach a point of absolute gleefulness.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • And they do another flight with all the same insane gleefulness.
      • Her face changed from gleefulness to shock as she saw the woman yelling for help.
      • Plus, she is just so adorable to watch with her gleefulness, her cute long ponytail, and her flailing arms when running.
      • Back to my state of merrily splashing around in the pool of gleefulness as if I were a happy five year old pretending to stomp grapes to make nonexistent wine in my kiddie pool.
 
 

Definition of gleeful in US English:

gleeful

adjectiveˈɡlifəlˈɡlēfəl
  • Exuberantly or triumphantly joyful.

    she gave a gleeful chuckle
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The joyous screams, the gleeful yelps, and a happy, wagging tail added life to the peaceful, gentle beach.
    • I felt like a gleeful kid after a particularly lucrative Halloween expedition, and enacted the self-same rituals.
    • You've run with the pack in a gleeful stomp right on top of him.
    • With a penetrable fourth wall, a spot of audience participation and plenty of gleeful nonsense, this is pantomime in all but dame.
    • I feel like I have pulled one over on myself when I wasn't looking and I am gleeful.
    • They were ambling joyfully, jumping, excited by the huge gleeful crowd.
    • Granted, the novel isn't gleeful, but there's enough levity to entertain the idea of lasting love.
    • We collapsed with gleeful guffaws thinking it was our secret discovery and no way would our teacher know what we were on about.
    • Our curiosity was aroused by the gleeful squeals and ripples of bawdy laughter emanating from the crowd.
    • She would spend hours in gleeful delight finding out new things.
    • The idea was that the perennially gleeful blond would travel to Scotland to source scallops and langoustines.
    • He then gave me a maliciously gleeful look and walked over to the wall again.
    • You can almost hear, watching their avidly gleeful faces, the exhortations of the stage manager to look more joyful.
    • Now we have some professionally gleeful all-purpose presenter.
    • It's all there in plain sight, which is why the reporters are having such an easy, gleeful time digging it up.
    • Even the enthusiastic and gleeful performances can't compensate for the utter lameness of it all.
    • Very gleeful when I think of it having to walk through all that dust!
    • Other displays mix genres and media with almost gleeful abandon.
    • The result is an intricate, gleeful conversation between eras, ideas and characters.
    • I was especially gleeful because she was my primary school best friend.
    Synonyms
    delighted, pleased, joyful, happy, glad, amused, mirthful, cheerful, overjoyed, elated, euphoric, exhilarated
 
 
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