Gleeful

//ˈɡliːfəl// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Exuberantly or triumphantly joyful.

    "During [Tucker] Carlson’s keynote, he wedged sneers at his critics for crying “racist!” in between racist remarks about [Ilhan] Omar, jeremiads against the media (“I know there’s a bunch of reporters here, so . . . screw you”), and an attack on Elizabeth Warren and her donors (“She’s a tragedy, because she’s now obsessed with racism, which is why the finance world supports her”)—all to gleeful applause."

Adjective
  1. 1
    full of high-spirited delight wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
elatedexhilaratedjubilantoverjoyedberserkblissful

Example

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"Andrew was a friendly, gleeful Korean coworker at my software workplace on top of Burnaby Mountain."

Etymology

From glee + -ful.

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