gleeful

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From glee +‎ -ful.

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gleeful (comparative more gleeful, superlative most gleeful)

  1. Exuberantly or triumphantly joyful.
    • 2019 July 24, David Austin Walsh, “Flirting With Fascism”, in Jewish Currents:
      During Carlson’s keynote, he wedged sneers at his critics for crying “racist!” in between racist remarks about Omar, jeremiads against the media (“I know there’s a bunch of reporters here, so . . . screw you”), and an attack on Elizabeth Warren and her donors (“She’s a tragedy, because she’s now obsessed with racism, which is why the finance world supports her”)—all to gleeful applause.

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