gleeful

Definitions

Full of, showing, or expressing great delight or joy.

Exultantly joyful; merry.

Examples

The children let out a gleeful shout when they saw the ice cream truck approaching.

She gave a gleeful laugh as she opened her birthday presents.

The puppy wagged its tail in a gleeful display of excitement when its owner returned home.

Synonyms

joyful delighted elated jubilant cheerful merry exultant

Antonyms

miserable gloomy depressed sorrowful melancholy unhappy dejected