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GLEE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Great merriment
Synonyms:
glee; gleefulness; hilarity; mirth; mirthfulness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("glee" is a kind of...):
gaiety; merriment (a gay feeling)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Malicious satisfaction
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("glee" is a kind of...):
satisfaction (the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation)
Context examples:
With a transport of glee, I mauled the unresisting body, tasting delight from every blow; and it was not till weariness had begun to succeed, that I was suddenly, in the top fit of my delirium, struck through the heart by a cold thrill of terror.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Leah smiled, and even Sophie bid me "bon soir" with glee.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
I was half beside myself with glee; and if ever I despised a man, it was old Tom Redruth, who could do nothing but grumble and lament.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
“Lighted up, accordin' to custom! You're a wonderin' what that's fur, sir! Well, it's fur our little Em'ly. You see, the path ain't over light or cheerful arter dark; and when I'm here at the hour as she's a comin' home, I puts the light in the winder. That, you see,” said Mr. Peggotty, bending over me with great glee, “meets two objects. She says, says Em'ly, “Theer's home!” she says.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
The glee began.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Rosamond was full of glee and pleasure all the time I stayed.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
I began to suppose that he had paid the buccaneers a visit while they all lay drunk together round their fire, and I reckoned up with glee that we had only fourteen enemies to deal with.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Mr. Peggotty was so proud and overjoyed to see us, that he did not know what to say or do, but kept over and over again shaking hands with me, and then with Steerforth, and then with me, and then ruffling his shaggy hair all over his head, and laughing with such glee and triumph, that it was a treat to see him.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
It was really March; but it was April in its mild air, brisk soft wind, and bright sun, occasionally clouded for a minute; and everything looked so beautiful under the influence of such a sky, the effects of the shadows pursuing each other on the ships at Spithead and the island beyond, with the ever-varying hues of the sea, now at high water, dancing in its glee and dashing against the ramparts with so fine a sound, produced altogether such a combination of charms for Fanny, as made her gradually almost careless of the circumstances under which she felt them.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Every one seemed in high glee; laughter and conversation were general and animated.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
