Her heart burst with gladness to see her husband return home from his overseas tour of Iran.
Source: tatoeba (901125)
Gladness
//ˈɡlædnəs//
Synonyms for "gladness" (95 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (29)
Related words (47)
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3 entriesderived from
1 entriesdistinct from
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriesTranslations
49 translations across 27 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- τέρψις noun (the state of being glad)
Arabic
1 entries- فَرَح noun (the state of being glad)
Aramaic
3 entries- ܒܘܣܡܐ noun (the state of being glad)
- ܒܣܝܡܘܬܐ noun (the state of being glad)
- ܚܕܘܬܐ noun (the state of being glad)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- fərəh noun (the state of being glad)
- fərəhlilik noun (the state of being glad)
- sevinc noun (the state of being glad)
- şadlıq noun (the state of being glad)
Dutch
1 entries- blijdschap noun (the state of being glad)
Esperanto
1 entries- gajeco noun (the state of being glad)
Finnish
1 entries- iloisuus noun (the state of being glad)
French
1 entries- allégresse noun (the state of being glad)
Galician
1 entries- ledicia noun (the state of being glad)
Hebrew
2 entries- גִּילָה noun (the state of being glad)
- שָׂשׂוֹן noun (the state of being glad)
Icelandic
1 entries- kæti noun (the state of being glad)
Irish
4 entries- aogall noun (the state of being glad)
- gairdeas noun (the state of being glad)
- gealadh noun (the state of being glad)
- gile noun (the state of being glad)
Kannada
1 entries- ಸಂತೋಷ noun (the state of being glad)
Latin
1 entries- laetitia noun (the state of being glad)
Old Irish
1 entries- subachus noun (the state of being glad)
Old Norse
1 entries- gleði noun (the state of being glad)
Pali
2 entries- mudā noun (the state of being glad)
- somanassa noun (the state of being glad)
Persian
1 entries- مژده noun (the state of being glad)
Russian
1 entries- радость noun (the state of being glad)
Sanskrit
3 entries- उत्सव noun (the state of being glad)
- मुदिता noun (the state of being glad)
- रण noun (the state of being glad)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- aoibhneas noun (the state of being glad)
- èibhinneachd noun (the state of being glad)
Slovene
1 entries- rád noun (the state of being glad)
Spanish
1 entries- alegría noun (the state of being glad)
Swedish
1 entries- glädje noun (the state of being glad)
Tajik
2 entries- мужда noun (the state of being glad)
- хурсандӣ noun (the state of being glad)
Telugu
1 entries- హర్షము noun (the state of being glad)
West-Frisian
1 entries- blydskip noun (the state of being glad)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
Source: tatoeba (6963610)
"Fellow citizens," Lincoln said. "We meet this evening not in sorrow, but in gladness of heart. The surrender of the main army of the Confederacy gives hope of a righteous and speedy peace. The joy cannot be held back. By these recent successes, we have had pressed more closely upon us the question of reconstruction."
Source: tatoeba (12235889)
But sorrow that is couch'd in seeming gladness Is like that mirth fate turns to sudden sadness.
Source: wiktionary
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