glee
glee — noun
1. a strong feeling of happiness and lively excitement, often experienced when some
a strong feeling of happiness and lively excitement, often experienced when something good happens to you or when someone you compete with fails or has trouble.
The children clapped their hands with glee when they saw the mountain of birthday presents.
collocation: with glee
Christopher could barely hide his glee after scoring the winning goal in the final minute.
pattern: glee after [event]
To the glee of her classmates, the teacher cancelled Friday's maths test.
Yuna let out a shriek of glee upon learning she had passed the exam.
The crowd roared with glee as their team scored a last-minute equaliser.
- delight
warmer, less competitive — delight can apply to any pleasure, while glee often hints at a sense of victory or relief
- joy
deeper and more lasting; joy is a broader emotion, while glee is briefer and more energetic
- elation
more formal and intense; elation suggests extreme happiness, while glee is lighter
- exhilaration
focuses on excited energy and thrill; glee can include triumph over others, which exhilaration does not
- sorrow
deep sadness, the opposite of any kind of happiness
- disappointment
the let-down feeling when something good does not happen
文法句型
glee at/over something
with glee
to someone's glee
用法筆記
Often describes an emotional reaction that is openly expressed — through laughter, clapping, shouting, or other visible excitement. Less common in formal academic writing.