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:
- dejected
- weeping
- saddened
- wailing
- crestfallen
- sobbing
- depressed
- depressed
- blue
- unhappy
- blue
- sorrowful
- aggrieved
- anguished
- melancholy
- crestfallen
- sorrowful
- glum
- downcast
- aggrieved
- disgruntled
- melancholy
- brokenhearted
- wailing
- disheartened
- unhappy
- forlorn
- heartbroken
- crying
- dispirited
- saddened
- anguished
- brokenhearted
- sad
- disgruntled
- weeping
- dispirited
- forlorn
- disconsolate
- crying
- dejected
- sad
- abject
- downcast
- abject
- sobbing
- heartbroken
- disheartened
- glum
- despondent
- disconsolate
- despondent
Synonyms:
- amusing
- spirited
- playful
- jovial
- blithe
- joyful
- witty
- ecstatic
- delighted
- jocose
- sunny
- jocund
- laughing
- jocular
- happy
- humorous
- bright
- funny
- mirthful
- smiling
- amused
- lively
- blithesome
Antonyms:
- depressing
- woebegone
- dark
- miserable
- depressing
- sorry
- saturnine
- lugubrious
- morose
- doleful
- gloomy
- groaning
- miserable
- dismal
- groaning
- gloomy
- cheerless
- morose
- dolorous
- desolate
- bleak
- low-spirited
- heavyhearted
- joyless
- plaintive
- lugubrious
- lachrymose
- mournful
- desolate
- grey
- lachrymose
- mournful
- bleak
- grey
- somber
- sombre
- doleful
- discontented
- woebegone
- black
- heartsick
- sorry
- downhearted
- low-spirited
- somber
- dismal
- sombre
- moody
- woeful
- woeful
- moody
- plaintive
- saturnine
- cheerless
- discontented
- gray
- moaning
- downhearted
- joyless
- moaning
- sullen
- dreary
- dolorous
- heartsick
- heavyhearted
- sullen
- dark
- dreary
- gray
- black
Synonyms:
- jubilant
- cavalier
- high
- animated
- carefree
- blissful
- insouciant
- blest
- elated
- sprightful
- euphoric
- comic
- antic
- sprightly
- upbeat
- exhilarated
- lightsome
- gay
- farcical
- buoyant
- tickled
- sportive
- jaunty
- beaming
- peppy
- vivacious
- cheery
- rapturous
- flippant
- frolicsome
- overjoyed
- joshing
- facetious
- frisky
- optimistic
- chipper
- uproarious
- comical
- gladsome
- exultant
- riotous
- perky
- jesting
- bouncing
- radiant
- hilarious
- entranced
- easygoing
- joyous
- unconcerned
- blessed
- thrilled
- lighthearted
- exuberant
- ravished
- zippy
- chuckling
- sanguine
- happy-go-lucky
- hopeful
- giggling
- joking
- enraptured
- rosy
Antonyms:
FAQs About the word gleeful
full of high-spirited delightMerry; gay; joyous.
cheerful, jolly, festive,merry, amusing, spirited, playful, jovial, blithe, joyful
dejected, weeping, saddened, wailing, crestfallen, sobbing, depressed, depressed, blue, unhappy
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.
