dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/gle_MW.json

{
  "gleam":{
    "antonyms":[
      "coruscate",
      "flame",
      "flash",
      "glance",
      "glimmer",
      "glint",
      "glisten",
      "glister",
      "glitter",
      "luster",
      "lustre",
      "scintillate",
      "shimmer",
      "spangle",
      "sparkle",
      "twinkle",
      "wink",
      "winkle"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a brief or faint appearance":[
        "a gleam of hope"
      ],
      ": a small bright light":[
        "the gleam of a match"
      ],
      ": a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light":[
        "the gleam of dawn in the east"
      ],
      ": glint":[
        "a gleam in his eyes"
      ],
      ": to appear briefly or faintly":[
        "a light gleamed in the distance"
      ],
      ": to cause to gleam":[],
      ": to shine with or as if with subdued steady light or moderate brightness":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "He saw the gleam of a flashlight in the distance.",
      "the rich gleam of the polished wood",
      "Verb",
      "The sun gleamed on the water.",
      "His eyes were gleaming with delight.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Laker cut the solutions down to just six but again, gleam would have been better. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 20 May 2022",
      "The couches are upholstered in nubby linen and tossed with colorful, elephant patterned pillows, and the fixtures in your bathroom gleam . \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 19 May 2022",
      "Listen to chill, downtempo beats on Groove Salad radio station while watching the sun gleam on the solid aluminum statue, created by world-renowned artist Robert Graham. \u2014 Amarachi Orie, CNN , 23 Dec. 2021",
      "The light at the end of the tunnel could be the gleam of the Stanley Cup, though that\u2019s far off. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
      "But then that green-jacket gleam returned to his eyes. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "The glitter goes a long way\u2014just a few shakes from the $14 jar significantly coats a portion of food with enough gleam to feel both economical and special, like a showering of parm. \u2014 Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Bon App\u00e9tit , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Interstate highways were but a gleam in future President Eisenhower\u2019s eye. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "While all Pontiel jewels gleam with refined glass elements that were made in the four decades before World War II broke out, each one contains rare or one-of-a-kind elements. \u2014 Kyle Roderick, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Emerald-green grasses compete for attention with knee-high dandelion puffs, while closer to the ground blue violets and yellow mock strawberry blossoms gleam like jewels. \u2014 Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune , 26 May 2022",
      "Jets still scream and muscles still gleam in the ridiculous and often ridiculously entertaining sequel, though in several respects, the movie evinces \u2014 and rewards \u2014 an unusual investment of brainpower, writes film critic Justin Chang. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022",
      "Smith, a former Dr. Who, excels at the poor-little-rich-boy villainy of his character, a tragic aristocrat whose eyes gleam with mania. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Small details gleam from the corners \u2014 the rippling beta-carotene richness of each furry panda filament; the excitable sidekick (Hyein Park) so tightly wound that even her affirmations come out like a WWE scream. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "But if brought into the light, their iridescent bodies will gleam , looking different from every angle. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "That\u2019s when the roof\u2019s composite panels gleam in the sun and the building comes to resemble a perfect wave gently curling into water before it. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "And like a cherry on top of dessert, the egg should gleam with a brilliant, inviting flourish. \u2014 Arlyn Osborne, Bon App\u00e9tit , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "Sometimes the message is clear and obvious; other times the lesson lurks below the surface, dull now but ready to gleam with the right context. \u2014 Christopher Hartnick, STAT , 4 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1508, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English gleem , from Old English gl\u01e3m ; akin to Old English geolu yellow \u2014 more at yellow":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8gl\u0113m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for gleam Verb flash , gleam , glint , sparkle , glitter , glisten , glimmer , shimmer mean to send forth light. flash implies a sudden outburst of bright light. lightning flashed gleam suggests a steady light seen through an obscuring medium or against a dark background. lights gleamed in the valley glint implies a cold glancing light. glinting steel sparkle suggests innumerable moving points of bright light. the sparkling waters glitter connotes a brilliant sparkling or gleaming. glittering diamonds glisten applies to the soft sparkle from a wet or oily surface. glistening wet sidewalk glimmer suggests a faint or wavering gleam. a distant glimmering light shimmer means shining with a wavering light. a shimmering satin dress",
    "synonyms":[
      "blaze",
      "flare",
      "fluorescence",
      "glare",
      "glow",
      "illumination",
      "incandescence",
      "light",
      "luminescence",
      "radiance",
      "shine"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041006",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "glee":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a part-song for usually male voices":[],
      ": exultant high-spirited joy : merriment":[
        "dancing with glee"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "They were dancing with glee .",
      "He could hardly contain his glee over his victory.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Spaceflight passengers often describe the moments of discomfort with nostalgic glee . \u2014 Jackie Wattles, CNN , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "Some Russian officials and gas executives have barely hidden their glee . \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
      "Jeanine Robbins, member of a homeless advocacy group that unsuccessfully filed a lawsuit to stop the Angel Stadium sale, could barely contain her glee . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
      "And hence the panic in the Democratic Party (and glee in the Republican) that voters will hold Democrats accountable for rising prices in the fall midterms. \u2014 Zachary Karabell, Time , 13 May 2022",
      "Williams watched in glee as North Carolina stunned Duke in the Final Four on Saturday, the last game of Mike Krzyzewski's career as the Blue Devils' head coach. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Recently, a small ripple ran through social media when a series of posters for The Northman materialized in New York City subways with the title missing, a printing error that the internet reacted to with predictable glee . \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "With a majority hardly imaginable in any Western country, Fidesz dominated the Hungarian National Assembly and started to change the system with a cunning glee . \u2014 Zsuzsanna Szel\u00e9nyi, The New Republic , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "At the Proms in 1968, the audience responded with visceral glee . \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 24 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English gl\u0113o entertainment, music; akin to Old Norse gl\u0233 joy, and perhaps to Greek chleu\u0113 joke":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8gl\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "cheer",
      "cheerfulness",
      "cheeriness",
      "festivity",
      "gaiety",
      "gayety",
      "gayness",
      "gleefulness",
      "hilarity",
      "jocundity",
      "joviality",
      "merriment",
      "merriness",
      "mirth",
      "mirthfulness"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042835",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "glee club":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a chorus organized for singing usually short pieces":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "sang with the glee club in college",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The series about a ragtag group of high school misfits who battle the obstacles (and Sue Sylvester) to form a glee club turned its cast of then-unknowns into household names. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 May 2022",
      "The moment a bunch of unpopular kids and one hot quarterback formed a glee club and sang Journey to an empty auditorium was a cultural reset. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 10 Jan. 2022",
      "Clive hid the doorknobs; Aunt Janice is really Audrey\u2019s nephew; and Doris murdered the glee club . \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "Rivera, who played Santana Lopez, a cheerleader and star glee club member, died July 8, 2020, at age 33 as a result of a drowning accident after she and her son Josey, now 5\u00bd, rented a boat at Lake Piru in Southern California. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 10 Aug. 2021",
      "Rivera, who played Santana Lopez, a cheerleader and star glee club member, died July 8, 2020, at age 33 as a result of a drowning accident after she and her son Josey, now 5\u00bd, rented a boat at Lake Piru in Southern California. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 10 Aug. 2021",
      "Rivera, who played Santana Lopez, a cheerleader and star glee club member, died July 8, 2020, at age 33 as a result of a drowning accident after she and her son Josey, now 5\u00bd, rented a boat at Lake Piru in Southern California. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 10 Aug. 2021",
      "Rivera, who played Santana Lopez, a cheerleader and star glee club member, died July 8, 2020, at age 33 as a result of a drowning accident after she and her son Josey, now 5\u00bd, rented a boat at Lake Piru in Southern California. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 10 Aug. 2021",
      "Rivera, who played Santana Lopez, a cheerleader and star glee club member, died July 8, 2020, at age 33 as a result of a drowning accident after she and her son Josey, now 5\u00bd, rented a boat at Lake Piru in Southern California. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 10 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1814, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "choir",
      "chorale",
      "chorus",
      "consort"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074612",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "gleed":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a glowing coal":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English gl\u0113d ; akin to Old English gl\u014dwan to glow":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8gl\u0113d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110956",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "gleeful":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": full of glee : merry":[
        "gleeful laughter"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the gleeful atmosphere that envelops the host city of the Super Bowl",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This was not mere contrarianism, and there was no trace of gleeful mythbusting; the issue was important enough to get right. \u2014 The New Yorker , 3 June 2022",
      "But word gets out, and a PR battle ensues between the two men, with McKenzie intent on banning the gleeful culprit from all clubs across the U.K. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 June 2022",
      "By the end of the short, a gleeful Jerry turns to bow to the audience, while an out-of-breath Tom tries his best to sit upright and bow \u2014 until falling through a hole in the stage himself. \u2014 Kristina Garcia, Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
      "The world\u2019s 13th biggest economy is going strong, as exemplified by Morrison\u2019s gleeful announcement this week that unemployment had dropped to the lowest level in half a century. \u2014 Michael E. Miller, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
      "In high, tremulous voices, the Sisters of the Holy Family were chanting their midday prayers when a child\u2019s gleeful shout echoed from a nearby corridor, punctuating the solemn incantation. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
      "The problem is the reflexive assumption that Depp is being wronged, along with the gleeful way social media is harassing the woman who accused him of violence. \u2014 NBC News , 5 May 2022",
      "Ozark is a show with a body count not for the faint of heart, and its gleeful willingness to knock off main characters, often in deliciously shocking fashion, is part of its appeal. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "There\u2019s a gleeful misanthropy that runs throughout your music. \u2014 Andy O'connor, SPIN , 19 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1586, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8gl\u0113-f\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "blithe",
      "blithesome",
      "festive",
      "gay",
      "jocose",
      "jocular",
      "jocund",
      "jolly",
      "jovial",
      "laughing",
      "merry",
      "mirthful",
      "sunny"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-115126",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "gleefulness":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": full of glee : merry":[
        "gleeful laughter"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the gleeful atmosphere that envelops the host city of the Super Bowl",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This was not mere contrarianism, and there was no trace of gleeful mythbusting; the issue was important enough to get right. \u2014 The New Yorker , 3 June 2022",
      "But word gets out, and a PR battle ensues between the two men, with McKenzie intent on banning the gleeful culprit from all clubs across the U.K. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 June 2022",
      "By the end of the short, a gleeful Jerry turns to bow to the audience, while an out-of-breath Tom tries his best to sit upright and bow \u2014 until falling through a hole in the stage himself. \u2014 Kristina Garcia, Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
      "The world\u2019s 13th biggest economy is going strong, as exemplified by Morrison\u2019s gleeful announcement this week that unemployment had dropped to the lowest level in half a century. \u2014 Michael E. Miller, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
      "In high, tremulous voices, the Sisters of the Holy Family were chanting their midday prayers when a child\u2019s gleeful shout echoed from a nearby corridor, punctuating the solemn incantation. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
      "The problem is the reflexive assumption that Depp is being wronged, along with the gleeful way social media is harassing the woman who accused him of violence. \u2014 NBC News , 5 May 2022",
      "Ozark is a show with a body count not for the faint of heart, and its gleeful willingness to knock off main characters, often in deliciously shocking fashion, is part of its appeal. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "There\u2019s a gleeful misanthropy that runs throughout your music. \u2014 Andy O'connor, SPIN , 19 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1586, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8gl\u0113-f\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "blithe",
      "blithesome",
      "festive",
      "gay",
      "jocose",
      "jocular",
      "jocund",
      "jolly",
      "jovial",
      "laughing",
      "merry",
      "mirthful",
      "sunny"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170423",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "gleek":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": gibe , joke":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1590, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "origin unknown":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8gl\u0113k"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064010",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "gleeman":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": jongleur":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Rand and Mat and their gleeman companion Thom have a more eventful, and tragic, road ahead of them. \u2014 Sean T. Collins, Vulture , 26 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English gleman , from Old English gl\u0113oman , from gl\u0113o + man man":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8gl\u0113-m\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124751",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "glengarry":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a woolen cap of Scottish origin":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "glen-\u02c8ger-\u0113",
      "-\u02c8ga-r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Glengarry , valley in Scotland":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1841, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-220440"
  },
  "Glen Ellyn":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "village in northeastern Illinois west of Chicago population 27,450":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "gle-\u02c8ne-l\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221730"
  }
}