1
: exultant high-spirited joy : merriment
dancing with glee
2
: a part-song for usually male voices
Examples of glee in a Sentence
They were dancing with glee.
He could hardly contain his glee over his victory.
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His freewheeling political rallies and frothy social media presence were, and continue to be, a source of great glee to his fans and followers.
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Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
Comments filled with glee and heart emojis, and viewers chimed in from Ireland and London, from Nigeria and Rwanda and Uganda, from Harlem and Arkansas.
—Sarah Hepola, Dallas Morning News, 6 Jan. 2026
His freewheeling political rallies and frothy social media presence were, and continue to be, a source of great glee to his fans and followers.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2026
But some White House staff seemed to take a degree of glee in highlighting the Clinton material.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2025
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“Glee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glee. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
Kids Definition
glee
noun1
: high-spirited joy
2
: an unaccompanied song for three or more voices
gleeful
adjective
-fəl
gleefully
adverb
-fə-lē
gleefulness
noun
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