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adjective

Glad adj. (compar. gladder; superl. gladdest)

1.

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. "A wise son maketh a glad father." "He that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished." "The Trojan, glad with sight of hostile blood." "He, glad of her attention gained." "As we are now glad to behold your eyes." "Glad am I that your highness is so armed."

Glad on 't, glad of it. (Colloq.)

2.

Wearing a gay or bright appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness; exhilarating. "Her conversation More glad to me than to a miser money is." "Glad evening and glad morn crowned the fourth day."

Synonyms: Pleased; gratified; exhilarated; animated; delighted; happy; cheerful; joyous; joyful; cheering; exhilarating; pleasing; animating. Glad, Delighted, Gratified. Delighted expresses a much higher degree of pleasure than glad. Gratified always refers to a pleasure conferred by some human agent, and the feeling is modified by the consideration that we owe it in part to another. A person may be glad or delighted to see a friend, and gratified at the attention shown by his visits.

verb

Glad v. t. (past & past part. gladded; pres. part. gladding) To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate. "That which gladded all the warrior train." "Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man."

Glad v. i. To be glad; to rejoice. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Glad'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... We wanted to get some peaches to present to Buddha." He asked further, "What country is this?" They replied, "This is the border of the prefecture of Ch'ang-kwang, a part of Ts'ing-chow under the ruling House of Ts'in." When they heard this, the merchants were glad, immediately asked for a portion of their money and goods, and ...

— Chinese Literature • Anonymous

... them about it. And even though one should attack them with Scripture, yet they say that none but they only must be suffered to explain Scripture. Thus they live in all respects as they will, according to their lusts. For they cannot explain that to us, as they would be glad to, since we have subjected ourselves both to the Gospel and to the civil sword, but they would be free and uncontrolled of both. And, moreover, their whole law and claim is nothing but the fullness of mere high, proud, puffed-up words, which ...

— The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained • Martin Luther

... excited, Jason!" said Jimmie Dale a little sharply. "The mere matter of my absence for the last two days is nothing to cause you any concern. And while I am on the subject, Jason, let me say now that I shall be glad if you will bear that fact in ...

— The Adventures of Jimmie Dale • Frank L. Packard

... squadron, well lighted, formed a cheerful group, the sea was smooth as a mill-pond, and the mountains of Sardinia, after reflecting the last rays of the setting sun, loomed heavily in the growing twilight. All hands on board the Elba were glad of rest after thirty-six ...

— Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia - with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. • Thomas Forester

... right to go. I could understand his doing that. He is not like us, and would have been fretful here, wanting that which I could not give him. He became worse from day to day, and was silent and morose. I am glad he went. But, mamma, for his sake I wish that this ...

— The House of Heine Brothers, in Munich • Anthony Trollope

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