"glad" Definition

Definitions for the word "glad" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. superl.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. superl.
Wearing a gay or bright appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness; exhilarating.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. i.
To be glad; to rejoice.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. adj.
(gladder, gladdest) 1 (predic.) Pleased. 2 expressing or causing pleasure (glad cry; glad news). 3 ready and willing (am glad to help). be glad of find useful. gladly adv. Gladness n. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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