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gladding

gladding is the present participle and gerund of glad.

Meaning of glad

Verb

glad (third-person singular simple present glads, present participle gladding, simple past and past participle gladded)

  1. (archaic, predicative, transitive, usually) 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

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Proper noun capitalized: Gladding

Gladding (plural Gladdings)

  1. A surname.

Forms of gladding

pluralGladdings

Questions about gladding

What does gladding mean?
Gladding means a surname.
What is gladding the present participle and gerund of?
Gladding is the present participle and gerund of glad.
What part of speech is gladding?
Gladding is a proper noun.

Words near gladding in the dictionary

  1. gladder
  2. gladdered
  3. gladdest
  4. gladdie
  5. gladdies
  6. gladding
  7. Gladdings
  8. gladdon
  9. glade
  10. Glade Valley
  11. gladed

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