English Explanatory Dictionary

glad

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pleased; happy; gratified.
  2. Having a bright or cheerful appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness.
verb
  1. To make glad.
noun
  1. A gladiolus (plant).
name
  1. A diminutive of the female given name Gladys.

Pronunciation

/ɡlæd/ en-us-glad.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-glad.wav /ˈɡlɛəd/

Word forms

glad gladder more glad gladdest most glad glads gladding gladded

Etymology

From Middle English glad, gled, from Old English glæd (“shining; bright; cheerful; glad”), from Proto-Germanic *gladaz (“shiny; gleaming; radiant; happy; glossy; smooth; flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰladʰ-, from *ǵʰelh₂- (“to shine”). Cognate with Scots gled, glaid (“shining; bright; glad”), Saterland Frisian glääd (“smooth; sleek”), West Frisian glêd (“smooth”), Dutch glad (“smooth; sleek; slippery”), German glatt (“smooth; sleek; slippery”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish glad (“glad; happy; cheerful”), Icelandic glaður (“glad; joyful; cheery”), Latin glaber (“smooth; hairless; bald”), Russian гла́дкий (gládkij, “smooth”). Doublet of glatt.

Synonyms

cheer up gladden exhilarate

Antonyms

cranky depressed downcast heavy peevish sad sorrowful

Derived words

engladden get glad in the same britches one got mad in get glad in the same pants one got mad in glad and sorry gladden glad-eye gladful glad-hand gladhand glad hand glad-handed glad-hander glad-handing gladhearted gladless gladly Gladman gladness glad rags gladsome glad tidings glad wrap overglad unglad
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