English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “glee”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for glee is glee, with 0 possible break points in this result.

US English hyphenation
glee
1 segments0 break points
British English pattern result glee The GB pattern set returns the same result for this word.
Wordglee
Hyphenationglee
Break points0
Part of speechnoun
Pronunciationɡliː
Meaning & usage

What does “glee” mean?

glee: great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or another's misfortune.

Headwordglee
Part of speechnoun
Pronunciationɡliː
1
noun

great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or another's misfortune.

Example: “his face lit up with impish glee”

2
noun

a song for men's voices in three or more parts, usually unaccompanied, of a type popular especially c. 1750–1830.

Word breaks

How “glee” is split

glee

For US English, the hyphenation result is glee. This gives 0 possible line-break points in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.

Quick answers

Questions about “glee”

How do you hyphenate “glee”?

In the US-English result used here, glee is hyphenated as glee.

Where can “glee” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 0 possible break points.

What does “glee” mean?

great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or another's misfortune.

Can you use “glee” in a sentence?

“his face lit up with impish glee”

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