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glee

/ɡliː/noun

उच्चारण ग्ली

उल्लास, खुशी, प्रसन्नता (कभी-कभी दूसरे की हार पर)

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    a feeling of great happiness, usually because something good has happened to you or something bad has happened to somebody else

    उल्लास, खुशी, प्रसन्नता (कभी-कभी दूसरे की हार पर)

    • The children shrieked with glee when the rain started.
    • He rubbed his hands in glee at his rival's defeat.
    • Radhika clapped her hands in glee when she saw the cake.
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    • The crowd roared with glee as the last wicket fell.
    • There was a note of glee in his voice as he announced the holiday.

    Synonyms delight joy exultation

    Opposite gloom sorrow misery

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Note the shade: glee often carries a touch of malicious pleasure, as in 'gleeful at his enemy's downfall'.

भाव ध्यान रखिए: glee में प्रायः दूसरे की हार पर खुशी का हल्का भाव होता है, जैसे 'gleeful at his enemy's downfall'।

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General knowledge

A glee club is a singing group.

Glee club गायन-समूह है।