glee
noun
[ ɡliː ]
• great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or another's misfortune.
• "his face lit up with impish glee"
Similar:
delight,
pleasure,
happiness,
joy,
joyfulness,
gladness,
elation,
euphoria,
exhilaration,
cheerfulness,
amusement,
mirth,
mirthfulness,
merriment,
joviality,
jollity,
jocularity,
excitement,
animation,
gaiety,
high spirits,
exuberance,
verve,
liveliness,
triumph,
jubilation,
relish,
satisfaction,
gratification,
schadenfreude,
delectation,
joyousness,
jouissance,
• a song for men's voices in three or more parts, usually unaccompanied, of a type popular especially c. 1750–1830.
Origin:
Old English glēo ‘entertainment, music, fun’, of Germanic origin.
