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gleeful
[ glee-fuhl ]
adjective
- full of exultant joy; merry; delighted.
gleeful
/ ˈɡliːfʊl /
adjective
- full of glee; merry
Derived Forms
- ˈgleefully, adverb
- ˈgleefulness, noun
Other Words From
- glee·ful·ly adverb
- glee·ful·ness noun
- un·glee·ful adjective
Example Sentences
The only difference was at MSNBC they were unhappy with what they were showing, at Fox they were gleeful.
Plus, Who Gives a Crap’s paper is so soft and smooth that your giftee is sure to thank you—just don’t expect a gleeful reaction when they first see what you’ve gotten them.
Little moments, like CJ coming up to Casey to apologize during his exit interview or the gleeful look on Casey’s face when CJ fetched him from his lonesome cot, suggested that these two people might actually like one another in real life.
The newspaper headlines—“One Running Shoe in the Grave,”—were almost gleeful.
She’s gleeful in her evilness, and there’s something very engaging about that.
Told that this campaign ad is probably the greatest ever, Quast was gleeful.
Pharrell's Oscar performance of Best Original Song nominee "Happy" was just gleeful.
Bates describes the media outlets “falling over one another to describe her baby weight in gleeful detail.”
With the gleeful subhead: “After Years of Controversial Comments And Gaffes, Vice President Biden Gets Bumped From Prime Time.”
On his way to the hospital, a gleeful Chen reportedly spoke with Secretary Clinton, telling her “I want to kiss you.”
I wanted to jump and shout, but I compromised by taking Dr. Hudson down for a gleeful drink and planning our next tactic.
The result was a desperate effort at restraint, mingled with gleeful anticipation.
Gleeful, and vastly relieved, Professor Dineen slipped me twenty-five dollars out of his own pocket.
They had a gleeful anticipation that the prisoner would play some audacious pranks upon the judge.
Charlotte laughed in her face defiantly—contemptuously—with a gleeful, merry accent.
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