gladden
Syllables: glad·den/ˈɡlædən/
gladden verb: to cause (something) to become more glad.
Verb
gladden (third-person singular simple present gladdens, present participle gladdening, simple past and past participle gladdened)
- To cause (something) to become more glad.
- A balmy night! and tho' the stars be dim, / Yet let us think upon the vernal showers / That gladden the green earth, and we shall find / A pleasure in the dimness of the stars.1798, William Wordsworth, The Nightingale
- Her body was bent by age; her limbs trembled with palsy; her face, distorted into a mumbling leer, resembled more the grotesque shaping of some wild pencil, than the work of Nature's hand. Alas! How few of Nature's faces are left alone to gladden us with their beauty!1838, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
- To become more glad in one's disposition.
Proper noun capitalized: Gladden
Gladden (plural Gladdens)
- A surname.
gladden meaning in Urdu, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada
gladden in Urdu
- دلشاد کرنا, خوش کرنا, مسرور کرنا
gladden in Telugu
- to gladden, charm, delight, please
- రంజించు rañjiñcu
gladden in Malayalam
- സന്തുഷ്ടനാക്കുക, ആനന്ദിക്കുക, സന്തോഷിക്കുക, ഉല്ലസിപ്പിക്കുക
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- gladden in Sanskrit
- प्रीणाति prīṇāti
- gladden in Tagalog
- magpasaya, magpaligaya
Synonyms of gladden
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Forms of gladden
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | gladdens |
| present participle | gladdening |
| past participle | gladdened |
| past | gladdened |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Gladdens |
Origin of gladden
From glad + -en.
Words formed from gladden
Words that rhyme with gladden
Questions about gladden
- What does gladden mean?
- Gladden means to cause (something) to become more glad.
- What is gladden in Urdu?
- Gladden in Urdu is دلشاد کرنا, خوش کرنا, مسرور کرنا. See Gladden meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is gladden?
- Gladden can be a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce gladden?
- Gladden is pronounced /ˈɡlædən/.
- What is the past tense of gladden?
- The past tense of gladden is gladdened.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: gladden (page history and authors); Gladden (page history and authors); gladden (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); రంజించు (Telugu) (page history and authors); gladden (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gladden (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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