hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness, glee, gleefulness
(noun) great merriment
gloat, gloating, glee
(noun) malicious satisfaction
Source: WordNet® 3.1
glee (countable and uncountable, plural glees)
(uncountable) Joy; happiness great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune.
Synonyms: merriment, mirth, gaiety, gloat
(uncountable) Music; minstrelsy; entertainment.
(music, countable) An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices, not necessarily merry.
glee (third-person singular simple present glees, present participle gleeing, simple past and past participle gleed)
To sing a glee (unaccompanied part song).
• Egle, Lege, lege
Source: Wiktionary
Glee, n. Etym: [OE. gle, gleo, AS. gleĂłw, gleĂł, akin to Icel. gl: cf. Gr.
1. Music; minstrelsy; entertainment. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Joy; merriment; mirth; gayety; paricularly, the mirth enjoyed at a feast. Spenser.
3. (Mus.)
Definition: An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices. It is not necessarily gleesome.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 June 2025
(noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time); “his detention was politically motivated”; “the prisoner is on hold”; “he is in the custody of police”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
