Excitement and Glee

Excitement

Excitement noun - Something that arouses a strong response from another.

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Glee and excitement are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Glee" instead a noun "Excitement".

Nearby Words: excited, excite, exciting, excitable, excitedly

Glee noun - A mood characterized by high spirits and amusement and often accompanied by laughter.

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Excitement and glee are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Excitement" instead a noun "Glee".

Nearby Words: gleeful, gleefully

pure	pure excitement	pure glee
equal	equal excitement	equal glee
utter	utter excitement	utter glee
initial	initial excitement	initial glee
Other adjectives: genuine, sheer, obvious, constant, extreme, great, intense, huge, childish, apparent, giddy, maniacal, boyish, child-like.

He claims that it's a Mercy Kill, but his extremely apparent glee and excitement about it afterwards belies his true mental state.

Source: Literature / In Cold Blood
Whenever Roderick gives him the cue to either kill someone or that he's going to do it himself, he reacts with glee and excitement, and even when that's not happening, he's usually trembling and/or smiling eagerly about doing whatever it is they're planning to do next.

Source: Ax Crazy / Film
When he likes something, he'll glee over it and go into squee levels of excitement.

Source: Fangirl

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