Gladden

/ˈɡlædn̩/

Synonyms for "gladden" (93 found)

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Closest matches (19)

Verb(9 words)

cheer delight elate please beatify begladden blissen brightcheer up

animate beatify bless boost brightenbuoy upcheer

Noun(2 words)

cheering cheers

Adjective(1 words)

cheering shout

Strong matches (28)

Verb(11 words)

cherish content delighted elates elevate enbliss enrapture exhilarate fain fetch gay

comfort console delectate delight divert elate encourage enliven entertain entrance exhilarate fascinate feast flush

Noun(3 words)

delighting delights enrapturing

Related words (46)

give a liftgratify happify hearten inspire inspirit invigorate lighten livenmake happypick uppleasure quicken rejoicerejoice the heartsatisfy solace vitalize vivify

Verb(21 words)

gladden someone's heartgratify happify happy hearten jollied jollify joy joyed laetificatelight upmake someone's dayoverjoysperk upraise someone's spiritsrejoiceturn the frown upside downupcheerwarm someone's heartwarm the cockles of someone's heart

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warms

Adjective(3 words)

gratifyingjoyful affectpleased

Noun(3 words)

jollies joys pleasures

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

11 entries

arouse elicit enkindle evoke fire joy kindlemake happyprovoke raise rejoice

More specific

3 entries

brightening cheering delighting

Collocations

5 entries

lifesomeone's dayspiritsthe heartthe mood

Inflections

3 entries

gladdened gladdening gladdens

Derivations

1 entries

gladdening

Antonyms

1 entries

sadden

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

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A balmy night! and tho' the stars be dim, / Yet let us think upon the vernal showers / That gladden the green earth, and we shall find / A pleasure in the dimness of the stars.

Source: wiktionary

Her body was bent by age; her limbs trembled with palsy; her face, distorted into a mumbling leer, resembled more the grotesque shaping of some wild pencil, than the work of Nature's hand. Alas! How few of Nature's faces are left alone to gladden us with their beauty!

Source: wiktionary

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