Synonyms of gladden someone's heart
34 similar words
Another word for gladden someone's heart is warm the cockles of someone's heart. Other synonyms of gladden someone's heart are beatify, enrapture, begladden, blissen and bright.
Synonyms and similar words for gladden someone's heart
verbSynonym of warm someone's heart.
- warm the cockles of someone's heartTo provide someone with a deep feeling of contentment or happiness.
- 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...
- cheerTo gladden; to make cheerful; often with up.
- fetch
- cheer upTo make someone happier or less downcast.
- 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.
- gladden
- gratifyTo please.
- 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.
- perk upTo cause to be more lively or enthusiastic.
- pleaseTo make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.
- 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.
- 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
- laetificate rareTo make, or become, happy.
- upcheer archaicTo cheer up.
Meaning of gladden someone's heart
- verb Synonym of warm someone's heart.
Questions about synonyms of gladden someone's heart
- What is another word for gladden someone's heart?
- Gladden someone's heart has 34 synonyms on Word.ws, such as warm the cockles of someone's heart, beatify, enrapture, begladden, blissen, bright, cheer and fetch.
- What does gladden someone's heart mean?
- Gladden someone's heart means synonym of warm someone's heart.
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