Meaning & use
gleeful
Full of great delight or joyful excitement, often about something mischievous or at someone else's expense.
See it in a sentence
The children let out a gleeful shout when they saw the snow falling outside.
He wore a gleeful grin after winning the argument with his older brother.
A note on using this word
Gleeful sometimes carries a hint of mischief or satisfaction at another's expense, unlike the more neutral happy.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
sorrowfulgloomy
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