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. gleĆ³w, gleĆ³, 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
29 May 2025
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