glad

[Glad]

Showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy

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To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate.

Adjective S.
cheerful and bright; "a beaming smile"; "a glad May morning"

Adjective S.
feeling happy appreciation; "glad of the fire''s warmth"

Adjective
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy; "glad you are here"; "glad that they succeeded"; "gave a glad shout"; "a glad smile"; "heard the glad news"; "a glad occasion"

Adjective S.
(`lief'' is archaic) very willing; "was lief to go"; "glad to help"


superl.
Pleased; joyous; happy; cheerful; gratified; -- opposed to sorry, sorrowful, or unhappy; -- said of persons, and often followed by of, at, that, or by the infinitive, and sometimes by with, introducing the cause or reason.

superl.
Wearing a gay or bright appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness; exhilarating.

v. t.
To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate.

v. i.
To be glad; to rejoice.


Glad

Glad, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gladded; p. pr. & vb. n. Gladding.] [AS. gladian. See Glad, a., and cf. Gladden, v. t.] To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate. Chaucer.
That which gladded all the warrior train.
Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man.

Glad

Glad, v. i. To be glad; to rejoice. [Obs.] Massinger.

To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate.

To be glad; to rejoice.

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Usage Examples

A woman whose smile is open and whose expression is glad has a kind of beauty no matter what she wears.

I look OK. I look better in person than I do on film, which is bad because it's how I make my living, but I am not a beauty and on balance I am glad.

All this stuff is so mind-blowing to me that I get to do in my life. Throwing the first pitch out at the White Sox game on a random Wednesday? Like who am I? How did I get this life? I'm glad I'm not jaded, and little kids are the least jaded people in the entire world, so it's fun to be around people that still find wonder in how cool things are.

A friend said to me, 'Be glad for your troubles - they strengthen you.' Well, if that's the truth, I'm going to be so strong they'll have to beat me to death!

I had no expectations about fatherhood, really, but it's definitely a journey I'm glad to be taking. Number one, it's a great learning experience. When my mother told me it's a 24/7 job, she wasn't kidding.

Actually, music gave me the support when I needed it. I would never have gone to college unless I'd gotten a piano scholarship. And now I'm so glad I got to learn to play the cello, which is a different experience, you're flexing a different muscle, but it's beautiful because it is music.

'Donny and Marie' was a great experience. I tried so hard to be a great talk show host but it's all about relaxing and enjoying it. Marie and I finally figured that out. I would have liked it to continue but I'm kind of glad it's over because of the phenomenal workload.

Although the troops have struck us, we throw it all behind and are glad to meet you in peace and friendship.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.

I don't know if Jim was a major part of that or not. He is one of a small group of real storytellers. He has enormous imagination and ability to write. I'm glad he's coming back. It's going to be good for the show.

I lost my second marriage because of drinking, and I loved the woman very much. But I thought I needed booze to write. I'm glad I was disabused.

Avant-garde music is sort of research music. You're glad someone's done it but you don't necessarily want to listen to it.

Country music is still your grandpa's music, but it's also your daughter's music. It's getting bigger and better all the time and I'm glad to be a part of it.

I can walk into a room and create a good ambience. I was taught all about this back when I studied acting. One of the things they would teach you is how to send out positive signals when you enter a room. I am glad I learned this.

I feel like the quality of privacy and respect of people's personal space has been completely disintegrated. You can ask to take the picture. I will be so glad to take the picture and pose and look good for the picture.

Honestly, I never thought I'd actually be playing a teen lesbian. I didn't think it was going to go this far. But I'm glad that it did, because there have been a lot of fans who have expressed that they've been going through similar situations in their lives.

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.

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