What is another word for gleeful?

Pronunciation: [ɡlˈiːfə͡l] (IPA)

Gleeful is a word that means full of joy and happiness. There are many synonyms for gleeful that convey the same feeling of joy and elation. Some of the most common synonyms for gleeful include jovial, exuberant, joyful, enthusiastic, exhilarated, excited, ecstatic, and elated. These words can be used interchangeably with gleeful to describe feelings of happiness, delight, and pleasure. Other synonyms for gleeful include joyful, bubbly, cheerful, mirthful, and jubilant. Whether describing an event or a person, using these synonyms for gleeful can help to convey the positivity and excitement of a particular situation or individual.

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What are the hypernyms for Gleeful?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for gleeful?

Antonyms for the word "gleeful" include depressed, dejected, despondent, dispirited, melancholy, sad, sorrowful, unhappy, and wretched. While gleeful describes feelings of joy and happiness, its antonyms express feelings of despair and unhappiness. These antonyms are often used to describe situations or experiences that bring negative emotions, such as losing a loved one or failing an exam. It's important to acknowledge and accept these negative emotions as they are a natural part of the human experience. By understanding and accepting these emotions, we can learn to cope with them in healthy ways and appreciate the moments of joy and happiness even more.

What are the antonyms for Gleeful?

Usage examples for Gleeful

This time they sounded considerably nearer and as if they were gleeful.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
He heard her gleeful and triumphant exclamations.
"The Pioneers"
Katharine Susannah Prichard
Nothing delighted the grinning salts so much as to note the aspect of each human basketful as it tumbled out, scared and flurried, or mirthful and cheery, according to temperament, upon the heaving deck of its new and uncommonly lively resting-place, and the gleeful alacrity with which they hoisted up the empty basket for a load of fresh victims, spoke volumes for the genuineness of the pleasure too many people take in the misfortunes of their neighbours.
"The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley"
Bertram Mitford

Famous quotes with Gleeful

  • The Colonel ran ahead of me, gleeful at his ejection, and I jogged after him, trailing in his wake. I wanted to be one of those people who have streaks to maintain, who scorch the ground with their intensity. But for now, at least I knew such people, and they needed me, just like comets need tails.
    John Green (author)
  • What really made me angry though was finding myself agreeing with any of the journal's articles, and I agree with several. The writers had a keen, if cold intelligence. They did a great deal of seeing through some of the nonsense concerned with the psychic field in general. Of course, they were almost vengefully gleeful when they could legitimately knock down some psychic performance, or show a psychic's predictions to be wrong. Only why couldn't they see their own scientific nonsense? And why couldn't their trained intellects perceive their own emotional vehemence? Because, I thought unhappily, they were scientific witch hunters.
    Jane Roberts

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