gleeful
pronunciation
How to pronounce gleeful in British English:
UK [ˈɡliːfl]
How to pronounce gleeful in American English:
US [ˈɡliːfl]
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- Adjective:
- full of high-spirited delight
Word Origin
- gleeful (adj.)
- 1580s, from glee + -ful. Related: Gleefully. Alternative gleesome attested from c. 1600.
Example
- 1. He had a naughty schoolboy 's gleeful disregard for rules .
- 2. Yet the media show pictures of gleeful farmers buying televisions and fridges .
- 3. In the desert all around are the lush golf courses and artificial pools squandering a finite , life-giving commodity , offering a kind of gleeful profligacy to those willing to pay .