glad
UK/ɡlæd/
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British/ɡlad/
glad adjective: pleased; happy; gratified.
Adjective
glad (comparative gladder or more glad, superlative gladdest or most glad)
- Pleased; happy; gratified.
- I'm glad the rain has finally stopped.
- I'm always glad to be of service.
- Having a bright or cheerful appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness.
- Her conversation / More glad to me than to a miser money is.a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London...
- Glad Eevening & glad morn crownd the fourth day.1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
Verb
glad (third-person singular simple present glads, present participle gladding, simple past and past participle gladded)
- To make glad.
- that which gladded all the warrior train1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
- Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man.1725, Homer, “Book VII”, in [Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume II, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- cheer up, gladden, exhilarate
Noun
glad (plural glads)
- A gladiolus (plant).
- Glads are widely grown as cut flowers both in the United States and abroad.2008, Lynn Byczynski, The Flower Farmer, page 217
Proper noun capitalized: Glad
Glad
- A diminutive of the female given name Gladys.
glad meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
glad in Hindi
- happy, pleased, satisfied
- प्रसन्न prasann, मुदित mudit, ख़ुश xuś, मगन magan
glad in Tamil
- மகிழ்ச்சி
glad in Urdu
- دلشاد, فرحان, خرم, محظوظ, مسرور, راضی
glad in Bengali
- খুশি, আনন্দিত, সন্তুষ্ট, সুখী, প্রফুল্ল, উজ্জ্বল
More languagesFewer languages
- glad in Malayalam
- സന്തുഷ്ടമായ, ഉല്ലസിതമായ, സന്തോഷമുള്ള, സംപ്രീതം
- glad in Kannada
- ಗೆಲುವಿನ, ನಲಿವಿನ, ಹರ್ಷದ, ಸಂತೋಷದ
- glad in Tagalog
- natutuwa
- glad in Arabic
- فَرِح fariḥ
- glad in Thai
- ดีใจ dii-jai, กระหยิ่ม, กรุ้มกริ่ม, ชื่น chʉ̂ʉn
- glad in Vietnamese
- vui mừng, vui lòng, vui
- glad in Myanmar
- ပျော် pyau, ဝမ်းသာ wam:sa
Examples of glad in a sentence
- I was glad of receiving the tent in time for the camping trip.
- I am glad of you. And so I have been since our first encounter.
- I'm very glad at this decision because we'd been on the ropes for a while.
- I am happy and glad at your success.
- Every day I feel glad about the life I am living.
- Glad am I that your highness is so arm'd / To bear the tidings of calamity.1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William...
Synonyms of glad
Antonyms
Forms of glad
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | gladder |
| comparative | more glad |
| superlative | gladdest |
| superlative | most glad |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | glads |
| present participle | gladding |
| past participle | gladded |
| past | gladded |
| Noun | |
| plural | glads |
Origin of glad
From Middle English glad, gled, from Old English glæd (“shining; bright; cheerful; glad”), from Proto-Germanic *gladaz (“shiny; gleaming; radiant; happy; glossy; smooth; flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰladʰ-, from *ǵʰelh₂- (“to shine”). Cognate with Scots gled, glaid (“shining; bright; glad”), Saterland Frisian glääd (“smooth; sleek”), West Frisian glêd (“smooth”), Dutch glad (“smooth; sleek; slippery”), German glatt (“smooth; sleek; slippery”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish glad (“glad; happy; cheerful”), Icelandic glaður (“glad; joyful; cheery”), Latin glaber (“smooth; hairless; bald”), Russian гла́дкий (gládkij, “smooth”). Doublet of glatt.
Abbreviation of gladiolus.
Words formed from glad
- engladden
- get glad in the same britches one got mad in
- get glad in the same pants one got mad in
- glad and sorry
- gladden
- glad-eye
- gladful
- glad-hand
- gladhand
- glad hand
- glad-handed
- glad-hander
- glad-handing
- gladhearted
- gladless
- gladly
- Gladman
- gladness
- glad rags
- gladsome
- glad tidings
- glad wrap
- overglad
- unglad
Phrases with glad
- glad hands
- got glad in the same pants one got mad in
- gets glad in the same pants one got mad in
- got glad in the same britches one got mad in
- gotten glad in the same pants one got mad in
- gets glad in the same britches one got mad in
- getting glad in the same pants one got mad in
- gotten glad in the same britches one got mad in
- getting glad in the same britches one got mad in
Words that rhyme with glad
Questions about glad
- What does glad mean?
- Glad means pleased; happy; gratified.
- What is glad in Hindi?
- Glad in Hindi is प्रसन्न (prasann), मुदित (mudit), ख़ुश (xuś). See Glad meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use glad in a sentence?
- I was glad of receiving the tent in time for the camping trip.
- What part of speech is glad?
- Glad can be an adjective, a verb, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce glad?
- Glad is pronounced /ɡlæd/ (UK).
Words near glad in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: glad (page history and authors); Glad (page history and authors); glad (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); glad (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); glad (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); glad (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); glad (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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