glee

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

I watched with glee while your kings and queens fought for ten decades for the gods they made.

Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.

Music; minstrelsy; entertainment.

An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices, not necessarily merry.

Sometimes they had glees, when Captain Strong’s chest was of vast service, and he boomed out in a prodigious bass, of which he was not a little proud.

To sing a glee (unaccompanied part song).