Glee \Glee\ (gl[=e]), n. [OE. gle, gleo, AS. gle['o]w, gle['o],
akin to Icel. gl[=y]: cf. Gr. ? joke, jest.]
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1. Music; minstrelsy; entertainment. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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2. Joy; merriment; mirth; gayety; paricularly, the mirth
enjoyed at a feast. --Spenser.
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3. (Mus.) An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo
voices. It is not necessarily gleesome.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
glee
n 1: great merriment [syn: hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness, gleefulness]
2: malicious satisfaction [syn: gloat, gloating]
WordNet (r) 2.0
71 Moby Thesaurus words for "glee":
Schadenfreude, amusement, beatification, beatitude, bewitchment,
blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, blitheness, cantata, cheer,
cheerfulness, choral singing, chorus, cloud nine, delectation,
delight, ecstasy, ecstatics, elation, enchantment, enjoyment,
exaltation, exhilaration, exuberance, exultation, felicity,
frivolity, fun, gaiety, gladness, gleefulness, good spirits,
happiness, heaven, high glee, high spirits, hilariousness,
hilarity, intoxication, jocularity, jocundity, jolliness, jollity,
joviality, joy, joyance, joyfulness, joyousness, jubilation,
laughter, levity, madrigal, madrigaletto, merriment, merriness,
mirth, mirthfulness, oratorio, overhappiness, overjoyfulness,
paradise, pleasure, rapture, ravishment, satisfaction,
seventh heaven, sunshine, transport, unalloyed happiness, unison
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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