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gladful

gladful adjective: full of gladness; happy; full of joy.

Adjective

gladful (comparative more gladful, superlative most gladful)

  1. Full of gladness; happy; full of joy.
    • ornaments,
      King Ryence caused to be hanged hy
      In his chiefe Church, for endlesse moniments
      Of his successe and gladfull victory [...].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
    • I was relieved and sorry, gladful and hurt.2004, Cheryl J. Franklin, Tales of the Taormin
    Synonyms:
    joyful

Synonyms of gladful

Forms of gladful

comparativemore gladful
superlativemost gladful

Origin of gladful

From Middle English gladful, equivalent to glad + -ful.

Words formed from gladful

Questions about gladful

What does gladful mean?
Gladful means full of gladness; happy; full of joy.
What part of speech is gladful?
Gladful is an adjective.

Words near gladful in the dictionary

  1. Gladesville
  2. Gladeville
  3. gladey
  4. Gladfelter
  5. Gladfield
  6. gladful
  7. gladfully
  8. gladfulness
  9. gladhand
  10. gladhanded
  11. gladhanding

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