gladness
1Gladness — Glad ness, n. [AS. gl[ae]dnes.] State or quality of being glad; pleasure; joyful satisfaction; cheerfulness. [1913 Webster] They . . . did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart. Acts ii. 46. [1913 Webster] Note: Gladness is rarely… …
2gladness — O.E. glædnes; see GLAD (Cf. glad) + NESS (Cf. ness) …
3gladness — [n] happiness animation, blitheness, cheer, cheerfulness, delight, felicity, gaiety, glee, high spirits*, hilarity, jollity, joy, joyousness, mirth, pleasure; concept 410 Ant. sorrow, unhappiness, woe …
4gladness — glad ► ADJECTIVE (gladder, gladdest) 1) pleased; delighted. 2) (often glad of) grateful. 3) causing happiness. DERIVATIVES gladly adverb gladness noun …
5Gladness 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… …
6gladness — noun see glad I …
7gladness — See gladly. * * * …
8gladness — noun The state of being glad; joy …
9gladness — Synonyms and related words: beatification, beatitude, bewitchment, blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, blitheness, blithesomeness, brightness, cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, cheery vein, cloud nine, delectation, delight, ecstasy, ecstatics,… …
10gladness — 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 …
