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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

ungladden en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + gladden.

Meanings

  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:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ungladdens Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
ungladdening Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ungladdened Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ungladdened Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

dispirit · tristitiate · ungladden · pain · get down · grieven · besorrow · rue · attrist · upset · moan · engrieve · oppress · begloom · repent · deject · bring down · darken · come down on · forset · begrieve · dash · depress · get down · unhappy · desolate · sadden · contristate · grieve · aggrieve · sadden up · deject