glee
a feeling of pleasure or happiness
TRANSLATION
glee = die Fröhlichkeit; die Schadenfreude to squeal with glee = vor Freude quieken
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"Anyway, war has broken out between the two newspapers and the prize is Middle England. As the Mail pointed out with GLEE, the Telegraph now sells only 541,221 copies at full price (the Express just 564,362), way behind the Mail's 2,141,452 full-price sale total.
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glee
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English glEo entertainment, music; akin to Old Norse gly joy, and perhaps to Greek chleuE joke
Date: before 12th century
1 : a feeling of satisfaction; pleasure or joy which accompanies misfortune
2 : exultant high-spirited joy
3 : a part-song for usually male voices (musical)
SYNONYMS
cheer, conviviality, effervescence, elation, entertainment, exhilaration, festivity, frolic, fun, geniality, gladness, glee, good humor, high spirits, hilarity, jollity, joviality, joyousness, light-heartedness, liveliness, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, pleasantness, reveling, revelry, whoopee
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English glEo entertainment, music; akin to Old Norse gly joy, and perhaps to Greek chleuE joke
Date: before 12th century
1 : a feeling of satisfaction; pleasure or joy which accompanies misfortune
2 : exultant high-spirited joy
3 : a part-song for usually male voices (musical)
SYNONYMS
cheer, conviviality, effervescence, elation, entertainment, exhilaration, festivity, frolic, fun, geniality, gladness, glee, good humor, high spirits, hilarity, jollity, joviality, joyousness, light-heartedness, liveliness, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, pleasantness, reveling, revelry, whoopee
