gladness — O.E. glædnes; see GLAD (Cf. glad) + NESS (Cf. ness) … Etymology dictionary
gladness — [n] happiness animation, blitheness, cheer, cheerfulness, delight, felicity, gaiety, glee, high spirits*, hilarity, jollity, joy, joyousness, mirth, pleasure; concept 410 Ant. sorrow, unhappiness, woe … New thesaurus
gladness — glad ► ADJECTIVE (gladder, gladdest) 1) pleased; delighted. 2) (often glad of) grateful. 3) causing happiness. DERIVATIVES gladly adverb gladness noun … English terms dictionary
Gladness Stakes — The Gladness Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in the Republic of Ireland for four year old and above thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres) at the Curragh in April. It is named in honour of the Irish trained… … Wikipedia
gladness — noun see glad I … New Collegiate Dictionary
gladness — See gladly. * * * … Universalium
gladness — noun The state of being glad; joy … Wiktionary
gladness — Synonyms and related words: beatification, beatitude, bewitchment, blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, blitheness, blithesomeness, brightness, cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, cheery vein, cloud nine, delectation, delight, ecstasy, ecstatics,… … Moby Thesaurus
gladness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. cheer, mirth, delight; see happiness 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A condition of supreme well being and good spirits: beatitude, blessedness, bliss, cheer, cheerfulness, felicity, happiness, joy, joyfulness. See HAPPY … English dictionary for students
gladness — sb. RG. 195, 530 … Oldest English Words
