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Glad

Glad Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Glad? [adj] cheerful and bright; "a beaming smile"; "a glad May morning" [adj] feeling happy appreciation; "glad of the fire's warmth" [adj] showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy; "glad you are here"; "glad that they succeeded"; "gave a glad shout"; "a glad smile"; "heard the glad news"; "a glad occasion" [adj] (`lief' is archaic) very willing; "was lief to go"; "glad to help" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Glad: beaming \| cheerful \| gladsome \| grateful \| happy \| lief(p) \| pleased \| thankful \| willing Related Terms \| Find terms related to Glad: animating \| beaming \| beatific \| beatified \| beautiful \| blessed \| blissful \| blithe \| blithesome \| bright \| bright and sunny \| capering \| charmed \| cheerful \| cheering \| cheery \| chirping \| chuffed \| comfortable \| content \| contented \| cozy \| dancing \| delighted \| eager \| easy \| elated \| encouraging \| enlivening \| eupeptic \| euphoric \| exalted \| exhilarated \| exhilarating \| favorably impressed with \| flushed \| flushed with joy \| gay \| genial \| gladdening \| gladsome \| gleeful \| glowing \| gratified \| happy \| heartening \| heart-warming \| high \| hilarious \| hopeful \| in clover \| in good spirits \| in high spirits \| inclined \| inspiring \| inspiriting \| intrigued \| invigorating \| irrepressible \| jocund \| jolly \| jovial \| joyful \| joyous \| keen \| laughing \| leaping \| lighthearted \| merry \| mirthful \| of good cheer \| optimistic \| overjoyed \| pleasant \| pleased \| pleased as Punch \| pleased with \| purring \| radiant \| ready \| ready and willing \| rejoiced \| riant \| rosy \| sanguine \| sanguineous \| satisfied \| singing \| smiling \| smirking \| sold on \| sparkling \| starry-eyed \| sunny \| taken with \| thrice happy \| thrilled \| tickled \| tickled pink \| tickled to death \| well-disposed \| winsome See Also \| Glad In Webster's Dictionary \Glad\, a. [Compar. {Gladder}; superl. {Gladdest}.] [AS. gl[ae]d bright, glad; akin to D. glad smooth, G. glatt, OHG. glat smooth, shining, Icel. gla?r glad, bright, Dan. & Sw. glad glad, Lith. glodas smooth, and prob. to L. glaber, and E. glide. Cf. {Glabrous}.] 1. Pleased; joyous; happy; cheerful; gratified; -- opposed to sorry, sorrowful, or unhappy; -- said of persons, and often followed by of, at, that, or by the infinitive, and sometimes by with, introducing the cause or reason. A wise son maketh a glad father. --Prov. x. 1. He that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. --Prov. xvii. 5. The Trojan, glad with sight of hostile blood. --Dryden. He, glad of her attention gained. --Milton. As we are now glad to behold your eyes. --Shak. Glad am I that your highness is so armed. --Shak. {Glad on 't}, glad of it. [Colloq.] --Shak. 2. Wearing a gay or bright appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness; exhilarating. Her conversation More glad to me than to a miser money is. --Sir P. Sidney. Glad evening and glad morn crowned the fourth day. --Milton. Syn: Pleased; gratified; exhilarated; animated; delighted; happy; cheerful; joyous; joyful; cheering; exhilarating; pleasing; animating. Usage: {Glad}, {Delighted}, {Gratified}. Delighted expresses a much higher degree of pleasure than glad. Gratified always refers to a pleasure conferred by some human agent, and the feeling is modified by the consideration that we owe it in part to another. A person may be glad or delighted to see a friend, and gratified at the attention shown by his visits. \Glad\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gladded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gladding}.] [AS. gladian. See {Glad}, a., and cf. {Gladden}, v. t.] To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate. --Chaucer. That which gladded all the warrior train. --Dryden. Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man. --Pope. \Glad\, v. i. To be glad; to rejoice. [Obs.] --Massinger.

Glad Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Glad?

[adj] cheerful and bright; "a beaming smile"; "a glad May morning"
[adj] feeling happy appreciation; "glad of the fire's warmth"
[adj] showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy; "glad you are here"; "glad that they succeeded"; "gave a glad shout"; "a glad smile"; "heard the glad news"; "a glad occasion"
[adj] (`lief' is archaic) very willing; "was lief to go"; "glad to help"

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Glad In Webster's Dictionary

\Glad\, a. [Compar. {Gladder}; superl. {Gladdest}.] [AS.
gl[ae]d bright, glad; akin to D. glad smooth, G. glatt, OHG.
glat smooth, shining, Icel. gla?r glad, bright, Dan. & Sw.
glad glad, Lith. glodas smooth, and prob. to L. glaber, and
E. glide. Cf. {Glabrous}.]
1. Pleased; joyous; happy; cheerful; gratified; -- opposed to
   sorry, sorrowful, or unhappy; -- said of persons, and
   often followed by of, at, that, or by the infinitive, and
   sometimes by with, introducing the cause or reason.

         A wise son maketh a glad father.      --Prov. x. 1.

         He that is glad at calamities shall not be
         unpunished.                           --Prov. xvii.
                                               5.

         The Trojan, glad with sight of hostile blood.
                                               --Dryden.

         He, glad of her attention gained.     --Milton.

         As we are now glad to behold your eyes. --Shak.

         Glad am I that your highness is so armed. --Shak.

{Glad on 't}, glad of it. [Colloq.] --Shak.

2. Wearing a gay or bright appearance; expressing or exciting
   joy; producing gladness; exhilarating.

         Her conversation More glad to me than to a miser
         money is.                             --Sir P.
                                               Sidney.

         Glad evening and glad morn crowned the fourth day.
                                               --Milton.

Syn: Pleased; gratified; exhilarated; animated; delighted;
     happy; cheerful; joyous; joyful; cheering; exhilarating;
     pleasing; animating.

Usage: {Glad}, {Delighted}, {Gratified}. Delighted expresses
       a much higher degree of pleasure than glad. Gratified
       always refers to a pleasure conferred by some human
       agent, and the feeling is modified by the
       consideration that we owe it in part to another. A
       person may be glad or delighted to see a friend, and
       gratified at the attention shown by his visits.


\Glad\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gladded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Gladding}.] [AS. gladian. See {Glad}, a., and cf. {Gladden},
v. t.]
To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate. --Chaucer.

      That which gladded all the warrior train. --Dryden.

      Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man.
                                               --Pope.


\Glad\, v. i.
To be glad; to rejoice. [Obs.] --Massinger.

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