"gleeful" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɡliːfəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gleeful.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more gleeful [comparative], most gleeful [superlative]
Etymology: From glee + -ful. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|glee|ful|pos=adjective}} glee + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} gleeful (comparative more gleeful, superlative most gleeful)
  1. Exuberantly or triumphantly joyful. Categories (topical): Happiness Synonyms: elated, exhilarated, high-spirited, overjoyed, gleefull [archaic] Derived forms: gleefully, gleefulness Related terms: glee Translations (joyful): şən (Azerbaijani), весел (vesel) (Bulgarian), радостен (radosten) (Bulgarian), ликуващ (likuvašt) (Bulgarian), riemuitseva (Finnish), schadenfroh (German), genüsslich (German), vidám (Hungarian), manahau (Maori), manamanahau (Maori), munter (Swedish), upprymd (Swedish), радісний (radisnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), веселий (veselyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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