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Gladden

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To make glad. See Synonyms at please.

verb-intransitive. Archaic To be glad.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To cause (something) to become more glad.

v. To become more glad in one's disposition.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To make glad; to cheer; to please; to gratify; to rejoice; to exhilarate.

verb-intransitive. To be or become glad; to rejoice.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To make glad or joyful; cheer; please.

Synonyms To comfort, gratify, delight, rejoice, animate, en-liven

To become glad; rejoice.

n. A glade.

n. A plant of the iris family, especially Iris fætidissima. See Iris, 8.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. become glad or happy

v. make glad or happy

Word Usage

"If it does happen, there will be for the very first time in Europe Conservatives and Unionists representing all four parts of the United Kingdom as a single grouping in Brussels - that's a fact which will surely gladden every true Unionist heart."

Antonym

sadden grieve depress

Verb Form

gladdened gladdening gladdens

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

joy rejoice

Cross Reference

cheer

Hyponym

overjoy

Form

gladdened gladdening

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

cheer please gratify rejoice exhilarate happify happy content contented beatify

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Nevadan hadden madden sadden