Gladsome

//ˈɡlædsəm// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Marked by joy or gladness; happy, joyous, or light-hearted.

    "I was not surprised, when I ran down into the hall, to see that a brilliant June morning had succeeded to the tempest of the night; and to feel, through the open glass door, the breathing of a fresh and fragrant breeze. Nature must be gladsome when I was so happy."

Adjective
  1. 1
    experiencing or expressing gladness or joy wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
gladbeamingberserkblissfulblitheblithesome

Example

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"But good AEneas, pondering through the night / distracting thoughts and many an anxious care, / resolved, when daybreak brought the gladsome light, / to search the coast, and back sure tidings bear, / what land was this, what habitants were there, / if man or beast, for, far as the eye could rove, / a wilderness the region seemed, and bare."

Etymology

From Middle English gladsom, equivalent to glad + -some.

Related phrases

light hearted

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