gladden en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈɡlædən/
- (Southern-England) audio
- [ˈɡlædn̩]
Etymology
From glad + -en.
Meanings
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(transitive) To cause (something) to become more glad.
Her body was bent by age; her limbs trembled with palsy; her face, distorted into a mumbling leer, resembled more the grotesque shaping of some wild pencil, than the work of Nature's hand. Alas! How few of Nature's faces are left alone to gladden us with their beauty!
1838, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist:A balmy night! and tho' the stars be dim, / Yet let us think upon the vernal showers / That gladden the green earth, and we shall find / A pleasure in the dimness of the stars.
1798, William Wordsworth, The Nightingale:
- (archaic, intransitive) To become more glad in one's disposition.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gladdens | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| gladdened | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| gladdened | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| gladdening | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Coordinates
Deriveds
gladdener · engladden · regladden · gladden someone's heart · ungladden · begladden
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
Relateds
Synonyms
gratify · light up · make someone's day · cheer · perk up · turn the frown upside down · content · gladden someone's heart · cheer up · raise someone's spirits · upcheer · please · cherish · gladden · elate · gratify · delight · enbliss · please · bright · cheer · gay · blissen · rejoice · perk up · happy · warm someone's heart · warm the cockles of someone's heart · beatify · cheer up · hearten · enrapture · begladden · exhilarate · happify · jollify · elevate · fain · laetificate · fetch · cheer up
Translations (43)
la hilarō (to cause to become more glad) · cmn 使高興 /使高兴 (to cause to become more glad) · es contentar (to cause to become more glad) · sh развесѐлити (to cause to become more glad) · ro bucura (to cause to become more glad) · nl blij maken (to cause to become more glad) · uk пора́дувати (to cause to become more glad) · it allietare (to cause to become more glad) · tl magpaligaya (to cause to become more glad) · ja 喜ばせる (to cause to become more glad) · uk ті́шити (to cause to become more glad) · nl verheugen (to cause to become more glad) · is gleðja (to cause to become more glad) · pl radować (to cause to become more glad) · uk ра́дувати (to cause to become more glad) · de freuen (to cause to become more glad) · ru весели́ть (to cause to become more glad) · cmn 使喜悦 (to cause to become more glad) · sv glädja (to cause to become more glad) · es alegrar (to cause to become more glad) · sh razvesèliti (to cause to become more glad) · bg радвам (to cause to become more glad) · pl rozradować (to cause to become more glad) · it rallegrare (to cause to become more glad) · az sevindirmək (to cause to become more glad) · bg развеселявам (to cause to become more glad) · es alborozar (to cause to become more glad) · tl magpasaya (to cause to become more glad) · sa प्रीणाति (to cause to become more glad) · la laetificō (to cause to become more glad) · mi whakahari (to cause to become more glad) · pl uradować (to cause to become more glad) · ru обра́довать (to cause to become more glad) · ru развесели́ть (to cause to become more glad) · io joyigar (to cause to become more glad) · grc εὐφραίνω (to cause to become more glad) · ja 楽しませる (to cause to become more glad) · fi ilahduttaa (to cause to become more glad) · fr réjouir (to cause to become more glad) · ru ра́довать (to cause to become more glad) · ro îmbucura (to cause to become more glad) · cmn 使喜悅 /使喜悦 (to cause to become more glad) · de erfreuen (to cause to become more glad)