glee

  • 21glee — [[t]gli͟ː[/t]] N UNCOUNT: oft with N Glee is a feeling of happiness and excitement, often caused by someone else s misfortune. [mainly WRITTEN] His victory was greeted with glee by his fellow American golfers... There was much glee among… …

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  • 22GLEE — (произн. гли ) – английское название песни для нескольких (не менее трех) голосов соло (обыкновенно мужских) а cappella. Слово G. происходит не от английского glee = веселый , а от англосаксонского gligg = музыка . Стиль G. не фугированный,… …

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  • 23glee — [OE] Glee has had a strange history. It was common in Old English times, both for ‘entertainment, having fun’ (source of the modern sense ‘joy, delight’), and in the more specific sense ‘musical entertainment’ (from which we get the… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 24glee — [OE] Glee has had a strange history. It was common in Old English times, both for ‘entertainment, having fun’ (source of the modern sense ‘joy, delight’), and in the more specific sense ‘musical entertainment’ (from which we get the… …

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  • 25glee — n. 1 mirth; delight (watched the enemy s defeat with glee). 2 a song for three or more, esp. adult male, voices, singing different parts simultaneously, usu. unaccompanied. Phrases and idioms: glee club a society for singing part songs.… …

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  • 26glee — Synonyms and related words: Schadenfreude, amusement, beatification, beatitude, bewitchment, blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, blitheness, cantata, cheer, cheerfulness, choral singing, chorus, cloud nine, delectation, delight, ecstasy, ecstatics …

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  • 27Glée — glé, glée adj qualifie la terre lourde, glissante, collante Banlieue Sud de Paris …

    Glossaire des noms topographiques en France

  • 28glee — noun 1 (U) a feeling of satisfaction and excitement because something good has happened to you or something bad has happened to someone else: The kids watched with glee as I tried to catch the hamster. 2 (C) a song for three or four voices… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 29glee — noun Agnes clapped her hands together with glee Syn: delight, pleasure, happiness, joy, gladness, elation, euphoria; amusement, mirth, merriment; excitement, gaiety, exuberance; relish, triumph, jubilation, satisfaction, gratification …

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  • 30glee — UK [ɡliː] / US [ɡlɪ] noun [uncountable] a feeling of excitement and happiness that often includes pleasure at someone else s bad luck Their political opponents will be rubbing their hands with glee …

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