gleeful Sentence Examples
- Emily's face beamed with glee as she received the long-awaited news.
- The children's voices reverberated with gleeful laughter as they played hide-and-seek.
- The prospect of an exciting adventure filled him with a gleeful anticipation.
- The sight of the blooming flowers inspired a wave of gleeful joy within her.
- The dancer's movements were characterized by a gleeful abandon.
- The choir sang with gleeful enthusiasm, their voices filling the auditorium with cheer.
- The gleeful expression on his face betrayed his excitement about the upcoming vacation.
- The young girl's gleeful demeanor radiated pure happiness.
- The birds chirped gleefully, heralding the arrival of spring.
- The sight of the winning goal sparked an outburst of gleeful celebration among the team.
gleeful Meaning
gleeful (s)
full of high-spirited delight
gleeful (a.)
Merry; gay; joyous.
Synonyms & Antonyms of gleeful
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- weeping
- crying
- downcast
- despondent
- abject
- aggrieved
- depressed
- sobbing
- crestfallen
- crestfallen
- wailing
- sobbing
- disheartened
- forlorn
- sad
- sorrowful
- dejected
- forlorn
- melancholy
- saddened
- aggrieved
- disconsolate
- depressed
- glum
- dispirited
- dejected
- glum
- despondent
- blue
- disheartened
- brokenhearted
- abject
- dispirited
- brokenhearted
- blue
- melancholy
- anguished
- sorrowful
- heartbroken
- disconsolate
- disgruntled
- crying
- unhappy
- weeping
- saddened
- sad
- downcast
- heartbroken
- unhappy
- disgruntled
- anguished
- wailing
Synonyms:
- playful
- happy
- humorous
- bright
- sunny
- mirthful
- smiling
- laughing
- funny
- jocose
- amusing
- jovial
- joyful
- delighted
- jocund
- amused
- ecstatic
- witty
- blithesome
- spirited
- jocular
- blithe
- lively
Antonyms:
- gray
- lachrymose
- black
- lachrymose
- moaning
- moaning
- black
- low-spirited
- miserable
- sullen
- miserable
- lugubrious
- depressing
- dark
- woeful
- mournful
- doleful
- dark
- morose
- somber
- heartsick
- depressing
- dismal
- bleak
- plaintive
- doleful
- plaintive
- morose
- sorry
- gloomy
- saturnine
- heavyhearted
- desolate
- woebegone
- lugubrious
- sorry
- dreary
- sombre
- mournful
- groaning
- joyless
- desolate
- moody
- heavyhearted
- somber
- sombre
- discontented
- heartsick
- discontented
- joyless
- groaning
- gloomy
- dreary
- moody
- gray
- saturnine
- bleak
- cheerless
- low-spirited
- woebegone
- downhearted
- woeful
- sullen
- cheerless
- dismal
- grey
- grey
- downhearted
- dolorous
- dolorous
Synonyms:
- thrilled
- carefree
- entranced
- jaunty
- beaming
- blessed
- sprightful
- giggling
- lighthearted
- hopeful
- chuckling
- sprightly
- cavalier
- bouncing
- gladsome
- vivacious
- insouciant
- blest
- enraptured
- gay
- uproarious
- farcical
- upbeat
- buoyant
- high
- jesting
- perky
- frisky
- peppy
- joshing
- sanguine
- lightsome
- comical
- elated
- sportive
- easygoing
- chipper
- overjoyed
- blissful
- rapturous
- facetious
- flippant
- exultant
- optimistic
- jubilant
- euphoric
- animated
- exuberant
- rosy
- exhilarated
- hilarious
- cheery
- happy-go-lucky
- radiant
- riotous
- ravished
- unconcerned
- antic
- joking
- frolicsome
- tickled
- zippy
- comic
- joyous
Antonyms:
FAQs About the word gleeful
full of high-spirited delightMerry; gay; joyous.
festive, jolly,merry, cheerful, playful, happy, humorous, bright, sunny, mirthful
weeping, crying, downcast, despondent, abject, aggrieved, depressed, sobbing, crestfallen, crestfallen
Emily's face beamed with glee as she received the long-awaited news.
The children's voices reverberated with gleeful laughter as they played hide-and-seek.
The prospect of an exciting adventure filled him with a gleeful anticipation.
The sight of the blooming flowers inspired a wave of gleeful joy within her.
