glad

Speech parts

1. glad - Noun

2. glad - Adjective

3. glad - Verb

5. glad - Adjective Satellite

6. Glad - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

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

To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate.

To be glad; to rejoice.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

happy pleased delighted cheerful joyful content satisfied laughing grateful ecstatic thrilled joyous elated jubilant buoyant
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Antonyms

sad depressed sorrowful downcast moody gray
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Hypernyms

iridaceous plant

Phrases with the word

be glad glad to say make someone glad glad about glad at make glad

Derivatives

gladded Gladding gladder gladdest

Anagrams

GDAL

Examples

a beaming smile Source: Internet

a glad May morning Source: Internet

glad of the fire's warmth Source: Internet

glad you are here Source: Internet

glad that they succeeded Source: Internet

gave a glad shout Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

glacis Glacken Glackin glad about glad and sorry glad at