ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What does the word ‘glee’ mean?
A
sad
B
Delighted/Happy
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -/ɡliː/ happiness, excitement, or pleasure: She opened her presents with glee. Synonyms. joy (HAPPINESS)

Detailed explanation-2: -Glee is a feeling of happiness and excitement, often caused by someone else’s misfortune.

Detailed explanation-3: -Glee means extreme happiness or delight. Anything that makes you full of joy, so happy you could laugh out loud, fills you with glee.

Detailed explanation-4: -delight, elation, exhilaration, exuberance, joy, pleasure, verve, blitheness, cheerfulness, delectation, enjoyment, exultation, fun, gaiety, gladness, hilarity, jocularity, jollity, joviality, joyfulness.

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