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Gladness
see synonyms of gladnessNoun
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Gladness
see synonyms of gladnessadjectiveWord forms: gladder or gladdest
1.
happy and pleased; contented
2.
causing happiness or contentment
3. (postpositive; foll by to)
very willing
he was glad to help
4. (postpositive; foll by of)
happy or pleased to have
glad of her help
verbWord forms: glads, gladding or gladded
5. an archaic word for gladden
noun
informal short for gladiolus. Also called (Austral): gladdie (ˈɡlædɪ
)
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Gladness
see synonyms of gladness adjectiveWord forms: ˈgladder or ˈgladdest
1.
feeling or characterized by pleasure or joy; happy; pleased
2.
causing pleasure or joy; making happy
3.
very willing
I'm glad to help
4.
bright or beautiful
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈgladded or ˈgladding
5. Archaic
to gladden
noun
Informal
gladiolus (sense 1)
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Gladness
see synonyms of gladnessadj. glad·der, glad·dest
1.
a. Experiencing or exhibiting joy and pleasure.
b. Appreciative: was glad to be home.
2. Providing joy and pleasure: a glad occasion.
3. Very willing; pleased: glad to help.
tr. & intr.v. glad·ded, glad·ding, glads
Archaic
Archaic
To gladden.
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