gleeful C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈɡlifəl/ UK /ˈɡliːfəl/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj full of exuberant joy or delight The children were gleeful when school was canceled for snow. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · full of exuberant joy or... joyfuldelightedjubilantexultantelatedmerry ↔ Opposites sadglummiserablemorose Word family Forms gleefully Derived forms gleefullygleefulness Related forms gleegleesome Etymology AI details From glee + -ful. Glee is from Old English glēo ('entertainment, mirth, music'), from Proto-Germanic *gleują. glēo Old English *gleują Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # 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 - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown