Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Experiencing or exhibiting joy and pleasure.
- adj. Appreciative: was glad of the fire's warmth.
- adj. Providing joy and pleasure: a glad occasion.
- adj. Very willing; pleased: glad to help.
- adj. Bright and cheerful: a glad May morning.
- adj. Archaic Having a naturally cheerful disposition.
- v. Archaic To gladden.
- n. Botany A gladiolus.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Smooth; level; open. Compare glade.
- Acting smoothly or freely; moving easily: as, a glad door or bolt.
- In good condition; thriving.
- Shining; bright; cheerful; wearing the appearance of joy: as, a glad countenance.
- Feeling joy, pleasure, or satisfaction, especially with reference to some particular event; pleased; gratified; well contented; joyful: rarely used attributively in this sense, but usually in the predicate, where it is used absolutely or followed by of or at, or by an infinitive with to: as, to be glad of an opportunity to oblige a friend.
- Causing joy or pleasure; giving satisfaction; pleasing.
- Synonyms Joyous, delighted, animated, exhilarated.
- Gladsome, cheering, exhilarating, animating. See gladness.
- n. Gladness.
- To make glad; gladden.
- To be glad; rejoice.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Pleased; joyous; happy; cheerful; gratified; -- opposed to
sorry ,sorrowful , orunhappy ; -- said of persons, and often followed byof ,at ,that , or by the infinitive, and sometimes bywith , introducing the cause or reason. - adj. Wearing a gay or bright appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness; exhilarating.
- v. To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate.
- v. To be glad; to rejoice.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
- adj. eagerly disposed to act or to be of service
- adj. feeling happy appreciation
- n. any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated
- adj. cheerful and bright
Etymologies
- Middle English, from Old English glæd; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.
Examples
“I'm glad -- glad -- _glad_ you're going away!" she exclaimed passionately.”
“I'm glad -- _glad_ you couldn't, dear," she whispered.”
“Usually her repentance came quickly after one rash deed, but now Tom and Lucy had made her so miserable, she was glad to spoil their happiness, glad to make everybody uncomfortable.”
X. Maggie Behaves Worse Than She Expected. Book I—Boy and Girl
“Oh," said she, under her breath, "I'm glad -- so _glad! _”
“She remembered with naughty satisfaction how rain invariably straightened Jennie Perkins's frizzes, and was glad, _glad_ that it did.”
“She felt glad, actually _glad_ that Cornelia was coming!”
“She 'lows she's glad she kem -- _so glad_ she hev lef Abs'lom fur good an' all -- an 'then she busts out a-cryin' agin.”
“Oh, Teddy, "cries Molly Bawn, suddenly, and without a word of warning, bursting into a passion of tears, and flinging herself into his willing arms," are you not glad -- _glad_ -- that we belong to each other again? ”
“I'm so glad, glad, _glad_ to come back to the dear hopes, after I thought I'd lost them! ”
“JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This is what they call glad handing.”
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hernesheir (spoken of doors, bolts &c., that go smoothly or easily) This bolt is glad, or moves gladly. - an old provincial usage from the north of England. May 2, 2011