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ungladden

ungladden verb: to take the gladness from.

Verb

ungladden (third-person singular simple present ungladdens, present participle ungladdening, simple past and past participle ungladdened)

  1. (nonce-word, transitive) To take the gladness from.
    • Removed to alien scenes, amid the strife
      Of urban odors to ungladden life […]1903, Ambrose Bierce, From Virginia to Paris

Synonyms of ungladden

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Forms of ungladden

third-person singular presentungladdens
present participleungladdening
past participleungladdened
pastungladdened

Origin of ungladden

From un- + gladden.

Questions about ungladden

What does ungladden mean?
Ungladden means to take the gladness from.
What part of speech is ungladden?
Ungladden is a verb.
What is the past tense of ungladden?
The past tense of ungladden is ungladdened.

Words near ungladden in the dictionary

  1. ungka-putis
  2. ungkas
  3. Ungkaya Pukan
  4. unglaciated
  5. unglad
  6. ungladden
  7. ungladdened
  8. ungladly
  9. ungladness
  10. ungladsome
  11. unglammed

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