gladden

pronunciation

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  • Verb:
    make glad or happy
    become glad or happy

Word Origin

gladden (v.)
c. 1300, "to be glad;" 1550s, "to make glad;" see glad (adj.) + -en (1). Earlier in both senses was simply glad (v.), from Old English gladian, Mercian gleadian "be glad; make glad." Related: Gladdened; gladdening.

Antonym

vt. & vi.

sadden

Example

1. Some of the figures gladden the heart in 2007 , 30 men aged 80 or over got married for the first time .
2. Gladden the heart of a child .
3. It must gladden your old mother 's heart to see you .
4. This will gladden the people in both town and country .
5. What plant might I gladden you with ?

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