gleeful
/ˈɡliːfəl/
gleeful adjective: exuberantly or triumphantly joyful.
Adjective
gleeful (comparative more gleeful, superlative most gleeful)
- Exuberantly or triumphantly joyful.
- During [Tucker] Carlson’s keynote, he wedged sneers at his critics for crying “racist!” in between racist remarks about [Ilhan] Omar, jeremiads against the media (“I know there’s a bunch of reporters here, so . . . screw you”), and an attack on Elizabeth Warren and her donors (“She’s a tragedy...2019 July 24, David Austin Walsh, “Flirting With Fascism”, in Jewish Currents
- Synonyms:
- elated, exhilarated, high-spirited, overjoyed
gleeful meaning in Urdu and Malayalam
gleeful in Urdu
- فرح, مسرور
gleeful in Malayalam
- ഉല്ലാസമുള്ള, രസമുള്ള, സന്തോഷമുള്ള
Synonyms of gleeful
Forms of gleeful
| comparative | more gleeful |
|---|---|
| superlative | most gleeful |
| alternative form | gleefull |
Origin of gleeful
From glee + -ful.
Words formed from gleeful
Questions about gleeful
- What does gleeful mean?
- Gleeful means exuberantly or triumphantly joyful.
- What is gleeful in Urdu?
- Gleeful in Urdu is فرح, مسرور. See Gleeful meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is gleeful?
- Gleeful is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce gleeful?
- Gleeful is pronounced /ˈɡliːfəl/.
Words near gleeful in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: gleeful (page history and authors); gleeful (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gleeful (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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