Gleeful vs Jaunty - What's the difference?
gleeful | jaunty | Related terms |
Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or fantastical manner.
Dapper or stylish.
Ostentatiously self-confident.
Gleeful is a related term of jaunty.
As an adjective gleeful
is exuberantly or triumphantly joyful.As a proper noun jaunty is
(a traditional nickname for a navy master-at-arms).gleeful
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Alternative forms
* gleefull (archaic)Synonyms
* elated * exhilarated * high-spirited * overjoyedjaunty
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Adjective
(er)- The courtier was a jaunty fellow, attuned to the esoteric court gossip and attentive to the least beneficial wind of favor blowing from the throne.
- He wore a jaunty outfit that was all the rage.
- He walked down the street with a jaunty swaggering step, as if daring others less perfectly satisfied to intrude upon his good mood.