B2nounemotions
US/ɡliː/
UK/ɡliː/
a feeling of great happiness, often because something good has happened
In context
The children shouted with glee when they saw the snow.
She opened the letter and squealed with glee: she had got the job.
He rubbed his hands in glee as the prices of his shares went up.
Words that go with glee
verb + preposition
- shout with gleeThe kids shouted with glee on the last day of school.
- squeal with gleeThe toddler squealed with glee at the bubbles.
- jump for gleeHe jumped for glee when he heard the news.
noun + preposition
- in gleeShe clapped her hands in glee.
adjective + noun
- childish gleeHe grinned with childish glee when he won the game.
- malicious gleeHe read the bad reviews with malicious glee.