glee
A feeling of great delight and excitement.
glee in a sentence
- The children shrieked with glee as the snow began to settle thick enough for sledging.
- The pirate captain rubbed his hands with glee at the sight of the overflowing treasure chest.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to glee?
- Asadness
- Bjoy
- Cgloom
- Dmisery
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B: joy. The other three mean the opposite of glee.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to glee?
- Adelight
- Bjoy
- Ccheer
- Dgloom
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D: gloom. The other three mean nearly the same as glee.
Words that mean something similar
joy, delight, cheer
Words that mean the opposite
gloom, sadness, misery
More words about emotions & feelings
- glum: Quietly sad and in low spirits.
- gratitude: A feeling of being thankful.
- grieve: To feel very sad because something or someone has been lost.
- hesitant: Slow to act because you are not sure.
- hilarious: Extremely funny.
- humiliate: To make someone feel very ashamed or silly in front of others.
- hysterical: So overcome with emotion that you cannot control yourself.
- idolise: To love and admire someone so much you think they are perfect.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test