Word Meanings - GLAD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

glad; akin to D. glad smooth, G. glatt, OHG. glat smooth, shining, Icel. gla glad, bright, Dan. & Sw. glad glad, Lith. glodas smooth, 1. Pleased; joyous; happy; cheerful; gratified; -- opposed to sorry, sorrowful, or unhappy; -- said of persons,

Additional info about word: GLAD

glad; akin to D. glad smooth, G. glatt, OHG. glat smooth, shining, Icel. gla glad, bright, Dan. & Sw. glad glad, Lith. glodas smooth, 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. 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. -- 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.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of GLAD)

• Happy
• Lucky
• fortunate
• felicitous
• successful
• delighted
• joyous
• merry
• blithesome
• prosperous
• glad
• blissful
• Rejoice
• Delight
• glory
• exult
• joy
• triumph
• gladden
• delight
• revel
• be glad
• cheer
• please
• enliven
• gratify

Related words: (words related to GLAD)

• DELIGHTING
  Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.
• LUCKY PROACH
  See FATHERLASHER
• REVELLENT
  Causing revulsion; revulsive. -- n.
• DELIGHTLESS
  Void of delight. Thomson.
• MERRY-ANDREW
  One whose business is to make sport for others; a buffoon; a zany; especially, one who attends a mountebank or quack doctor. Note: This term is said to have originated from one Andrew Borde, an English physician of the 16th century, who
• CHEERINESS
  The state of being cheery.
• REVELATION
  1. The act of revealing, disclosing, or discovering to others what was before unknown to them. 2. That which is revealed. The act of revealing divine truth. That which is revealed by God to man; esp., the Bible. By revelation he made known unto
• CHEERISNESS
  Cheerfulness. There is no Christian duty that is not to be seasoned and set off with cheerishness. Milton.
• PLEASER
  One who pleases or gratifies.
• CHEERINGLY
  In a manner to cheer or encourage.
• FORTUNATE
  1. Coming by good luck or favorable chance; bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain; presaging happiness; auspicious; as, a fortunate event; a fortunate concurrence of circumstances; a fortunate investment. 2. Receiving same unforeseen
• EXULTING
  Rejoicing triumphantly or exceedingly; exultant. -- Ex*ult"ing*ly, adv.
• TRIUMPHANTLY
  In a triumphant manner.
• CHEERER
  One who cheers; one who, or that which, gladdens. "Thou cheerer of our days." Wotton. "Prime cheerer, light." Thomson.
• MERRY
  A kind of wild red cherry.
• DELIGHTOUS
  Delightful. Rom. of R.
• MERRYMAKING
  Making or producing mirth; convivial; jolly.
• HAPPY
  1. Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire; as, a happy expedient; a happy effort; a happy venture; a happy omen. Chymists have been more happy in finding experiments than the causes of them.
• REVELATOR
  One who makes a revelation; a revealer.
• CHEERFULNESS
  Good spirits; a state of moderate joy or gayety; alacrity.
• UPCHEER
  To cheer up. Spenser.
• IMPROSPEROUS
  Not prosperous. Dryden. -- Im*pros"per*ous*ly, adv. -- Im*pros"per*ous*ness, n.
• REVEL
  See REVEAL
• OVERPLEASE
  To please excessively.
• UNSUCCESSFUL
  Not successful; not producing the desired event; not fortunate; meeting with, or resulting in, failure; unlucky; unhappy. -- Un`suc*cess"ful*ly, adv. -- Un`suc*cess"ful*ness, n.