Glad

Pronunciation

• IPA: /É¡læd/
• Rhymes: -æd

Origin

From Old English glæd

Full definition of glad

Adjective

1. pleased, happy, gratifiedI'm glad the rain has finally stopped.
• Bible, Proverbs x. 1A wise son maketh a glad father.
• ShakespeareGlad am I that your highness is so armed.
2. (obsolete) Having a bright or cheerful appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness.
• Sir Philip SidneyHer conversation
  More glad to me than to a miser money is.
• MiltonGlad evening and glad morn crowned the fourth day.

Usage notes

The comparative "gladder" and superlative "gladdest" are not incorrect but may be unfamiliar enough to be taken as such. In both American and British English, the forms "more" and "most glad" are equally common in print and more common in daily speech.

Antonyms

• sorrowful
• sad
• downcast
• peevish
• cranky
• heavy
• depressed

Derived terms

• engladden
• gladden
• gladly

Verb

1. (transitive) To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate.
• Drydenthat which gladded all the warrior train
• Alexander PopeEach drinks the juice that glads the heart of man.
• 1922, , Epithalamium, line 3God that glads the lover's heart