gleeful

C2+ Topic:Emotions & Feelings

US /ˈɡlifəl/ UK /ˈɡliːfəl/ See IPA manual

adj

Meanings

1

adj
full of exuberant joy or delight

The children were gleeful when school was canceled for snow.

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Synonyms

1 adj · full of exuberant joy or... joyful delighted jubilant exultant elated merry

Opposites

sad glum miserable morose

Word family

Forms gleefully

Derived forms gleefullygleefulness

Related forms gleegleesome

Etymology

From glee + -ful. Glee is from Old English glēo ('entertainment, mirth, music'), from Proto-Germanic *gleują.

glēo Old English *gleują Proto-Germanic

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# gleeful

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ˈɡlifəl
**IPA (UK):** ˈɡliːfəl

## Meanings
1. full of exuberant joy or delight

## Examples
- The children were gleeful when school was canceled for snow.

## Synonyms
- joyful
- delighted
- jubilant
- exultant
- elated
- merry

## Antonyms
- sad
- glum
- miserable
- morose

## Derived Forms
- gleefully
- gleefulness

## Related Forms
- glee
- gleesome

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: glēo
- Root: *gleują

## Etymology
From glee + -ful. Glee is from Old English glēo ('entertainment, mirth, music'), from Proto-Germanic *gleują.

## AI Etymology
Gleeful comes from glee + -ful. Glee is from Old English glēo ('entertainment, mirth, music'), from Proto-Germanic *gleują. The etymological trail includes Old English glēo and Proto-Germanic *gleują. As an adjective, gleeful describes what is full of exuberant joy or delight. The same family is visible in derived forms such as gleefully and gleefulness and related forms such as glee and gleesome. The analysis is partly morphological, with the modern form built from the elements named in the history.

## Topics
- Emotions & Feelings
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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