gladness

Noun

Meaning

State or quality of being glad; pleasure; joyful satisfaction; cheerfulness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

gladsomeness gladfulness bliss felicity jinks beatitude paradise glee rapture jollity galvanization joviality pleasure animation fun
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Antonyms

informer fury depression blues doom damnation
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Hypernyms

happiness

Phrases with the word

torah gladness

Examples

Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He surveyed the fence, and all gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled down upon his spirit. Thirty yards of board fence nine feet high. Life to him seemed hollow, and existence but a burden. Mark Twain

Take thy self-denials gaily and cheerfully, and let the sunshine of thy gladness fall on dark things and bright alike, like the sunshine of the Almighty. James Freeman Clarke

Dispose thyself to patience rather than to comfort, and to the bearing of the cross rather than to gladness. Thomas à Kempis

Sadness and gladness succeed each other. French Proverb

A man of gladness seldom falls into madness. Latin Proverb

Wine, women and food give gladness to the heart. Egyptian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

gladly received gladly suffer fools Gladman Gladney gladrags gladship