glad

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: gladiolusgladiolasword lilyhappybeaming

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivatedSynonyms: gladiolusgladiolasword lily

Adjective (4)

  1. 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”
  2. eagerly disposed to act or to be of service“glad to help”Synonyms: happy
  3. feeling happy appreciation“glad of the fire's warmth”
  4. cheerful and bright“a beaming smile”“a glad May morning”Synonyms: beaming
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Glad \Glad\ (gl[a^]d), a. [Compar. Gladder; superl. Gladdest.] [AS. gl[ae]d bright, glad; akin to D. glad smooth, G. glatt, OHG. glat smooth, shining, Icel. gla[eth]r glad, bright, Dan. & Sw. glad glad, Lith. glodas smooth, and prob. to L. glaber, and E. glide. Cf. Glabrous.] [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

A wise son maketh a glad father.— Prov. x. 1.[1913 Webster]
He that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.— Prov. xvii. 5.[1913 Webster]
The Trojan, glad with sight of hostile blood.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
He, glad of her attention gained.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
As we are now glad to behold your eyes.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
Glad am I that your highness is so armed.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

Glad on 't, glad of it. [Colloq.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

2.Wearing a gay or bright appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness; exhilarating. [1913 Webster]

Her conversation More glad to me than to a miser money is.— Sir P. Sidney.[1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]

Glad \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. [1913 Webster]

That which gladded all the warrior train. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

Glad \Glad\, v. i. To be glad; to rejoice. [Obs.] --Massinger. [1913 Webster]
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