gladness

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, elation, enchantment, eupeptic mien, exaltation, exhilaration, exuberance, felicity, gaiety, geniality, gladsomeness, glee, good cheer, happiness, heaven, high spirits, hopefulness, intoxication, joy, joyance, joyfulness, optimism, overhappiness, overjoyfulness, paradise, pleasantness, radiance, rapture, ravishment, rosy expectation, sanguine humor, sanguineness, seventh heaven, sunniness, sunshine, transport, unalloyed happiness, winsomeness

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  • Gladness — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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 — 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

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