gleeful
/ˈɡliːfʊl
/ /ˈɡliːf(ə)l/adjective
Exuberantly or triumphantly joyful: she gave a gleeful chuckle...
- The joyous screams, the gleeful yelps, and a happy, wagging tail added life to the peaceful, gentle beach.
- She would spend hours in gleeful delight finding out new things.
- They were ambling joyfully, jumping, excited by the huge gleeful crowd.
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
- 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.
- And they do another flight with all the same insane gleefulness.