Synonyms of gladden
34 similar words · 1 opposite word
Another word for gladden is please. Other synonyms of gladden are content, cheer, delight, gratify and rejoice. The opposite of gladden is sadden.
Synonyms and similar words for gladden
verbTo cause (something) to become more glad.
verbTo become more glad in one's disposition.
- perk upTo cause to be more lively or enthusiastic.
verbMore synonyms
- beatifyTo make blissful.
- enraptureTo fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate or captivate.
- begladdenTo gladden about or all over; make glad; overjoy.
- blissenTo make blissful or happy; fill with or impart bliss to.
- brightOften followed by up: to cause (someone or something) to be bright (in various senses); to brighten; specifically, to...
- fetch
- contentTo give contentment or satisfaction to; to satisfy; to make happy.
- delightTo give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.
- elateTo make joyful or proud.
- enblissTo endue or fill with bliss; impart bliss to; make happy.
- exhilarateTo cheer, to cheer up, to gladden, to make happy, to elate.
- happifyTo make happy.
- happyOften followed by up: to make happy; to brighten, to cheer, to enliven.
- heartenTo give heart to; to encourage, urge on, cheer, give confidence to.
- jollifyTo make jolly.
- light upTo make happy.
- make someone's dayTo make someone happy, or be a source of satisfaction, for the rest of the day.
- raise someone's spiritsTo make someone feel in a better mood.
- rejoiceTo make happy, exhilarate.
- turn the frown upside downTo become or make somebody else happy after being sad.
- warm someone's heartMake glad.
- warm the cockles of someone's heartTo provide someone with a deep feeling of contentment or happiness.
- cherish obsoleteTo cheer, to gladden.
- elevate obsoleteTo lift the spirits of (someone).
- fain obsoleteTo make (someone) glad; to gladden; hence, to congratulate (someone); to welcome (someone).
- gay dated
- gladden someone's heart datedSynonym of warm someone's heart.
- laetificate rareTo make, or become, happy.
- upcheer archaicTo cheer up.
Opposite of gladden
verbMore antonyms
Meaning of gladden
- verb To cause (something) to become more glad.
- verb To become more glad in one's disposition.
gladden in other languages
Questions about synonyms of gladden
- What is another word for gladden?
- Gladden has 34 synonyms on Word.ws, such as please, content, cheer, delight, gratify, rejoice, hearten and exhilarate.
- What is the opposite of gladden?
- The opposite of gladden is sadden.
- What does gladden mean?
- Gladden means to cause (something) to become more glad.
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