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One entry found for
glad
.
Entry Word:
glad
Function:
adjective
Text:
1
experiencing pleasure, satisfaction, or delight <the husband was
glad
to see his wife again, after so long an absence>
Synonyms
blissful, delighted, gratified, happy, joyful, joyous, pleased, satisfied, tickled
Related Words
beaming, blithe, blithesome, buoyant, cheerful, cheery, gay, gladsome, lighthearted, sunny, upbeat; gleeful, jocund, jolly, jovial, laughing, merry, mirthful, smiling; carried away, ecstatic, elated, enraptured, entranced, euphoric, exhilarated, intoxicated, rapturous, rhapsodic; exuberant, exultant, jubilant, rapt, rejoicing, thrilled; hopeful, optimistic, rosy, sanguine
Near Antonyms
abject, aggrieved, anguished, blue, brokenhearted, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, disheartened, downcast, downhearted, forlorn, melancholy; doleful, dolorous, lachrymose, mournful, plaintive, sorrowful, sorry, woeful; black, dark, desolate, dispirited, gloomy, glum, gray (
also
grey), grieved, heartbroken, heartsick, miserable, woebegone, wretched
Antonyms
displeased, joyless, sad, unhappy, unsatisfied
2
having a desire or inclination (as for a specified course of action) <I am
glad
to do it> -- see
WILLING
1
3
serving to lift one's spirits <the doctor brought
glad
tidings to those awaiting news of her condition> -- see
CHEERFUL
2