glad

[glad] / glæd /

ADJECTIVE

happy, delightful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cheerful contented joyful overjoyed pleased willing

STRONG

cheering gay pleasing rejoicing sparkling

WEAK

animated beaming blithesome bright can't complain cheery exhilarated felicitous floating on air genial gleeful gratified gratifying hilarious jocund jovial joyous lighthearted merry mirthful pleasant pleased as punch radiant tickled tickled pink tickled to death up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

sad unhappy upset

STRONG

dull

Example Sentences

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Only a single lamp burned, and as midnight drew on, the glads drooped in their pitchers.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

Next to the row of glads was a woven-wire fence, and on the other side of that a cornfield.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

Grandma had planted a pitcher of glads from her garden at either end of the pine box.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

The next thing I knew, me and him were down in the garden, picking glads.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Beneath a spray of entirely white glads, the lid on the pine coffin stood open before us.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck