Glad

Definition: Glad

Glad

Adjective

1. Showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy; "glad you are here"; "glad that they succeeded"; "gave a glad shout"; "a glad smile"; "heard the glad news"; "a glad occasion".

2. (`lief' is archaic) very willing; "was lief to go"; "glad to help".

3. Feeling happy appreciation; "glad of the fire's warmth".

4. Cheerful and bright; "a beaming smile"; "a glad May morning".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "glad" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Glad

Desire

Want, miss, need, feel the want of, would fain have, would fain do; would be glad of.

News

Bulletin, fresh news, stirring news; glad tidings; flash, news just in; on-the-spot coverage; live coverage.

Pain

Refreshing; comfortable; cordial; genial; glad, gladsome; sweet, delectable, nice, dainty; delicate, delicious; dulcet; luscious; palatable; luxurious, voluptuous; sensual.

Pleasure

Adjective: pleased; not sorry; glad, gladsome; pleased as Punch.

Youth

Phrase: "youth on the prow and pleasure at the helm"; " youth.. the glad season of life".

Crosswords: Glad

Danish (glad, happy), Dutch (slippery, smooth), Norwegian (cheerful, gay, glad, happy, joyful, merry), Pidgin English (glad), Serbo-Croatian (famine, hunger), Swedish (bonny, bright, canty, cheerful, cheery, Chirk, chirpy, debonair, delighted, gay, glad, gladsome, gleeful, gleesome, happy, high, hilarious, jocund, jolly, joyful, joyous, merry, pleased).

The French are glad to die for love (Moulin Rouge!; writing credit: Baz Luhrmann; Craig Pearce)

I am glad you are late (Notorious; writing credit: Ben Hecht)

Glad to meet you, kid, you're a real horse's ass. (The Sting; writing credit: David S. Ward)

It's a miracle and you did the best that anybody could do. I'm glad he met you first (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial; writing credit: Ethan Coen)

Sam, I'm glad you're with me. (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

I'm glad you're here just loving me (I'm Glad; performing artist: JENNIFER LOPEZ)

You would hardly recognize me I'm so glad (The Sign; performing artist: Ace Of Base)

Only that I'm so glad I fell in love with you (Sweet Dreams; performing artist: Air Supply)

That means I’m never alone, so glad ("Addictive Love"; performing artist: BeBe& CeCe Winans)

Put your glad rags on, join me, Hon ("Rock Around the Clock"; performing artist: Bill Haley & the Comets)

Every day there's sad news and bad news, but each day itself is glad news. (references; author: unknown)

I am so glad God sees the whole video tape of my life and not just a snapshot of where I am now. (references; author: unknown)

I'm Glad You Asked That Question (1970)

Be Glad for the Song Has No Ending (1970)

Glad Tidings (1952)

I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You (1932)

Glad Rags to Riches (1932)

I'm Glad (performing artist: JENNIFER LOPEZ)

Glad All Over (performing artist: The Dave Clark Five)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• I Feel Happy and Sad and Angry and Glad (reference)

• I'm So Glad You Told Me What I Didn't Wanna Hear (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Glad News (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Bill and Gloria Gaither with Their Homecoming Friends: So Glad (reference)

• Sesame Street - I'm Glad I'm Me (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Be Glad (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

An image of the stream channel at the Glad Bekken restoration site before restoration. The restoration was conducted to remove and replace an outdated culvert. Then large woody debris was placed in the stream to provide complexity in the streambed. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

The old roadfill at the Glad Bekken restoration site. the Glade Bekken restoration site. The spyder was used at the restoration site to prevent and minimize disturbance to the habitat. The machine crawls and walks over the surface as opposed to rolling and flattening surfaces. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

I am glad, I am out of the scrape!. Credit: Library of Congress.

I'm so glad you've found me : oh, take me away!. Credit: Library of Congress.

I'm glad you enjoyed it, Pip said as he watched the food and wine disappear. Credit: Library of Congress.

And don't think I won't be glad to see you go!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Hello boys, glad to see you back, the old [man's] getting a little extreme. Credit: Library of Congress.

Critical moments. I'm glad my Percy is not with you in that muddy pool! Do any of you know where he is?. Credit: Library of Congress.

"Victory through Christ" Society holding its Sunday Morning Revival in a garage. Dos Palos, California. Testimony: "He's such a wonderful savior, Glory to God. I'm so glad I came to home. Praise God. His love is so wonderful. He's coming soon. I want to p. Credit: Library of Congress.

"I'm glad he's not my child," said Alice, weighing every word, "a child like that should not be seen and also not be heard". Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

And a little after, Therefore all kings that are not tyrants, or perjured, will be glad to bound themselves within the limits of their laws; and they that persuade them the contrary, are vipers, and pests both against them and the commonwealth. (Second Treatise of Government)

I am glad to come to Westminster College this afternoon, and am complimented that you should give me a degree. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Emma learned to be rather glad that there had been such a meeting

Alice was glad to see that it revived him a good deal

Her remembrance, through you, reached me, and I was glad to receive it.

The people's prayer, the glad diviner's theme, The young men's vision, and the old men's dream

He crouched down between the sheets, glad of their tepid glow

I sure will be glad to get out there

I presently knew what they meant, and was glad at heart to receive this intelligence

They seemed glad to get out themselves, and as if unwilling to be brought in.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

I had to wait one hour to make sure that I did not have a allergic reaction to any of it. When I got home my parents were glad to see me. After that I got 4 more shots over a period of one month. (references)

Business

The number of new cars sold annually in Poland has risen dramatically over the last few years - from 266,000 five years ago to 644,000 last year. On the surface, one could be glad that Poles are buying more cars, which are safer and less harmful to the environment. (references)

Trade

Kenya

Details on joining the EPZ can be obtained from: Chief Executive, Export Processing Zone Authority, British-American Center, P.O. Box 50563, Nairobi, Kenya, Tel: 254-2-712-800; Fax: 254-2-713-704. The Commercial Service in Nairobi will be glad to assist in obtaining specific EPZ details for interested U.S. firms. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Glad news

Expressions using "glad": be glad ♦ be glad about ♦ be glad to know smb. ♦ give smb. the glad eye ♦ give the glad eye ♦ glad hand ♦ glad news ♦ Glad on 't ♦ glad rags ♦ glad tidings ♦ glad to meet ♦ glad to meet you! ♦ glad to see you! ♦ Glad Valley ♦ how glad i was! ♦ i am glad to know it! ♦ i am glad to meet you! ♦ i will be glad to ♦ i will be glad to! ♦ jolly glad ♦ make glad ♦ put on one's glad rags ♦ would be glad of. Additional references.

Beginning with "glad": glad-hand, glad-handed, glad-handing.

Ending with "glad": half-glad, rag-glad.

Afrikaans

bly (abide, be staying, happy, remain, stay, stay over). (various references)

Albanian

i kënaqur (amused, appeased, charmed, content, contented, gladsome, happy, pleased, satisfied), i gatshëm (agreeable, available, content, fain, fit, forthcoming, forward, game, inclined, off the peg, predisposed, prepared, ready, ready made, ready to wear, ready-for-service, willing, wishful), i gëzuar (airy, blithe, blithesome, canty, cheerful, coltish, Gladdening, gladsome, gleeful, happy, joyful, joyous, larky, lightsome, merry, mirthful, oared, sprightly). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مفرح (cheerful, delightful, gladdening, joyful), ‏مسرور (cheerful, delighted, happy, jolly, joyful, merry, pleased), ‏مبتهج (alacrity, blithe, breezy, bright, buoyant, carefree, cheerful, cheery, debonair, delighted, delightful, elate, elated, exultant, gay, gleeful, happy, high-spirited, jolly, joyful, joyous, jubilant, mellow, merry, mirthful, overjoyed, palmy, rejoicing, upbeat), ‏سعيد (auspicious, blessed, blissful, blithe, carefree, felicitous, fortuitous, fortunate, gay, happy, happy go lucky, high, in high spirits, joyful, joyous, lucky, merry, pi, pollyanna, providential, thankful, unstressed, upbeat), ‏زاه (bright, flashily, gay, glaring, radiant, shining, vivid), ‏جذل (be glad, cheerful, exuberant, exult, exultant, exultation, happy, hilarious, jubilation, rapt, rapture, rapturous), ‏بهيج (airy, cheerful, convivial, festive, happy, lovely, merry, shiny, unstressed). (various references)

Basque

pozik. (various references)

Bulgarian 

радостен (cheerful, gay, gleeful, happy, jocund, joyful, joyous, lightsome, lusty, merry, mirthful), щастлив (auspicious, blessed, favored, favoured, fortunate, happy, joyful, joyous, lucky, palmy, providential, saturnian, well), доволен (cheerful, chuffed, content, contented, happy). (various references)

Catalan

alegre (happy). (various references)

Chinese 

高興 (happy, in a cheerful mood, willing), 高兴 (Gleeful), 喜 (delight, happiness, to be fond of, to be happy, to enjoy, to feel pleased, to like). (various references)

Croatian

drago. (various references)

Czech

spokojený (complacent, content, contented, fain, happy, pleased, satisfied), radostný (blithe, cheerful, cheery, exhilarating, festive, gladsome, gleeful, gleesome, good, jolly, joyful, joyous, jubilant, rorty), ráda, rád (gladly, happy), potìšený (pleased), dobrý (all right, fair, good, sensible, soft, strong, useful). (various references)

Danish

glad (happy). (various references)

Dutch

verheugd (happy). (various references)

Esperanto

ĝoja (happy). (various references)

Faeroese

glaður (happy). (various references)

Farsi 

مسرور (Vivacious), خوشنود (Content), خوشحال (Bouncy, Gay, Happy, Jolly, Merry, Sprightly, Wanton), خوشرو, خرسند (Content, Happy), شاد (Cheery, Debonair, Exultant, Happy, Joyful, Merry). (various references)

Finnish

tulla iloiseksi (be delighted, be glad), olen iloinen siitä (I was glad), iloita (be delighted, be glad, be happy, delight, rejoice), hauska kuulla (I am glad to hear it). (various references)

French

joyeux (gleeful). (various references)

Frisian

bliid (happy). (various references)

German

froh (blithe, cheerily, cheery, gladly, happy, joyful, joyous, lucky, mirthful, pleased), freudig (enthusiastic, happy, joyful, joyfully, joyous, joyously, pleasurable, willing), erfreut (delighted, delights, gladdened, gladdens, pleased, pleases, regales, regally). (various references)

Greek 

περιχαρήσ (above oneself, joyful, joyous, jubilant, overjoyed), χαρούμενοσ (cheerful, jolly, joyful, merry), χαρούμενος (gay, light-hearted), ευχαριστημένοσ (complacent, content, contented, delighted, pleased). (various references)

Guarani

roryete (very glad). (various references)

Haitian Creole

kontan (happy). (various references)

Hebrew 

משמח (cheerful, joyful, joyous), שמח (cheerful, delighted, gay, gleeful, gleesome, happy, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, merry, pleased). (various references)

Hungarian

boldog (beaming, beatific, blessed, blissful, felicitate, felicitous, gladsome, happy, palmy, sunny, to be fain to do sg), kellemes (affable, agreeable, benign, bland, comfortable, comfy, congenial, cushy, dainty, debonair, delectable, delicate, dulcet, engaging, enjoyable, fine, genial, grateful, harmonious, likable, lovely, nice, palatable, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, refined, soft, suave, sweet, to elate, welcome), örvendező (exultant, exulting, jubilant), örvendetes (enjoyable, good, joyful, rejoicing). (various references)

Icelandic

glaður (cheerful, gay, happy, merry). (various references)

Indonesian

girang (cheerful, delightful, elate, happy, merry), gembira (bouncy, breezy, cheerful, exulant, gay, happy, jolly, merry, rejoice), sumringah (happy, joyous), senang (agreeable, delight, please, snug). (various references)

Italian

lieto (cheerily, cheery, delighted, happy, merry, pleased, regales, regally). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

浮かべる (to express, to float, to look sad), 嬉しい (happy, pleasant). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

うれしい (happy, pleasant). (various references)

Korean 

기쁜. (various references)

Luganda

nsanyuse (am glad, I am happy). (various references)

Malay

senang (happy). (various references)

Manx

boggoil (joyful, jubilant). (various references)

Norwegian

glad (cheerful, gay, happy, joyful, merry). (various references)

Occitan

content. (various references)

Papiamen

alegre (cheerful, gay, happy, merry). (various references)

Pidgin English

glad, sweet. (various references)

Pig Latin

adglay.(various references)

Polish

uradować (make glad), ucieszyć (make glad), radować się (be glad, enjoy, rejoice), cieszyć się (be glad, enjoy, rejoice). (various references)

Portuguese

contente (canty, content, contented, gladsome, gleeful, happy, jolly, joyful, mirthful, pleased, satisfied, triumphant), alegre (alive, blithe, blithesome, bonny, boon, breezy, brisk, buoyant, buxom, canty, cheerful, cheery, chirpy, coltish, convivial, corky, diverting, entertaining, exhilarated, festal, festive, frolicsome, gamesome, gay, gladsome, gleeful, happy, hilarious, holiday, jaunty, jocular, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, jubilant, larksome, laughing, light, light-hearted, lightsome, lively, merry, mirthful, peart, resilient, slaphappy, sportful, sportive, sprightly, tipsy, vivid, volatile, winsome). (various references)

Romanian

voios (cheerful, cheerfully, exhilarated, festival, genial, genially, gleeful, jaunty, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, mellow, merrily, merry, mirthful, saucy), vesel (blithe, blithesome, boon, breezy, bright, cheerful, cheerfully, cheery, chirpy, convivial, crank, debonair, elastic, feastful, festal, frisky, frolic, frolicsome, full-blooded, gaily, gamesome, gay, genial, gladsome, gleeful, happy, hilarious, in full feather, in high feather, jauntily, jaunty, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyfully, joyous, lively, mellow, merry, mirthful, playful, pleasant, riant, saucy, sprightly, tails up, wanton), mulţumit (content, happy, joyful, pleased), fericit (beatific, beatifical, blessed, blithe, felicitous, fortunate, happily, happy, joyful, successful), bucuros (beatific, beatifical, cheerful, content, delighted, exhilarated, fain, gay, gladly, gratified, lief, merry, mirthful, pleased, readily, thankful, willingly, with a good grace), îmbucurãtor (gladdening, good, gratifying, happy). (various references)

Russian 

счастливый (blessed, blissful, fortunate, happy, lucky), радый, радостный (gladsome, gleeful, gleesome, heartwarming, joyful, joyous, merry, mirthful, roseate), довольный (amused, complacent, content, contented, happy, much bucked, pleased, satisfied). (various references)

Scottish

meadhrach (festive, joyful, lively), aobhach (cheerful, joyous), ait (joyful), aighearach (gay, joyous). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

radostan (blithe, gladdening, gladsome, gleesome, hilarious, jocund, jolly, joyful, joyous, merry, rejoicing), radosno (rejoicingly). (various references)

Slovene

veseli (I am glad, pleased). (various references)

Sotho

thaba (am glad). (various references)

Spanish

alegre (airy, blithe, blithesome, boon, breezy, bright, canty, cheerful, cheery, chipper, Chirk, chirpy, chuffed, contentious, convivial, debonair, felicitous, gamesome, gay, happy, high-spirited, holiday, jaunty, jocose, jolly, joyful, light, light hearted, lightsome, lively, merry, mirthful, perky, pert, playful, pleased, rollicking, sportful, sporty, swinging, upbeat, zappy). (various references)

Sranan

breyti (happy). (various references)

Swedish

glad (bonny, bright, canty, cheerful, cheery, Chirk, chirpy, debonair, delighted, gay, gladsome, gleeful, gleesome, happy, high, hilarious, jocund, jolly, joyful, joyous, merry, pleased), nöjd (content, contented, gruntled, pleased, satisfied). (various references)

Tagalog

ikinalulugod. (various references)

Thai

ดีใจ (exult). (various references)

Turkish

sevinçli (elated, gladsome, happy, jovial, joyful, joyous, mirthful, rejoicing), memnun (chuffed, content, delighted, gladsome, grateful, gratified, happy, pleased, rejoiced at, satisfied), hoşnut (content, contented, delighted, gratified, pleased, rejoiced at, satisfied). (various references)

Turkmen 

monзa bolmak (be glad, happy, rejoice). (various references)

Ukrainian

радісний (cheery, cock-a-hoop, elate, elated, festal, gleeful, heartwarming, joyful, joyous, jubilant, roseate, rosy), радувати (brighten, gladden, joy, rejoice), радий (willing), приємний (acceptable, agreeable, amiable, balmy, beautiful, boon, canny, clean-cut, complimentary, couth, cozy, cushy, delectable, dulcet, easy, enjoyable, good, goodly, graceful, grateful, jocund, kindly, lepid, nice, nutty, palatable, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, prepossessing, pretty, redolent, satisfactory, tasty, welcome, yummy). (various references)

Vietnamese 

vui vẻ (blithe, blithesome, boon, canty, cheery, chirk, debonair, gay, genial, gladsome, good-humored, good-humoured, heartily, hearty, hilarious, jocular, jocund, jolly, jovial, laughing, merrily, mirthful, pleasant, sportful), vui mừng (cheerful, gladsome, joyful, joyous), vui lòng (fain, fains, fens, minded), sung sướng (beatific, blissful, happily). (various references)

Welsh

llon (blithe, merry), llawen (blithe, cheerful, gay, joyful, merry), balch (arrogant, proud). (various references)

Xhosa

ndiyavuya (I am glad, I am happy/glad, I'm glad/happy). (various references)

Yucatec

kiimak ool (contented, happy, pleased, satisfied). (various references)

delectabar, delectaberis, delectabit, delectabitur, delectabor, delectabunt, delectabuntur, delectamini, delectans, delectare, delectari, delectaris, delectasti, delectat, delectata, delectati, delectatur, delectatus, delectaverunt, delectentur, delecteris, gauisus, laetabilis letabilis, laeti, laetum, laetus, lætus, libens, libentissime, sereno, serenum. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "glad": gladded, gladden, gladdened, gladdening, gladdens, gladder, gladdest, gladding, glade, glades, gladiate, gladiator, gladiatorial, gladiators, gladier, gladiest, gladiola, gladiolas, gladioli, gladiolus, gladioluses, gladlier, gladliest, gladly, gladness, gladnesses, glads, gladsome, gladsomely, gladsomeness, gladsomenesses, gladsomer, gladsomest, gladstone, gladstones, glady. (additional references)

Words ending with "glad": beglad, overglad. (additional references)

Words containing "glad": begladded, begladding, beglads, everglade, everglades. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Glad" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alad, gadd, Gadp, galad, gald, gilad, Gilbad, gilda, gla, glab, glac, Glads, glae, glaed, Glah, glak, glan, glap, glar, glard, glas, glat, glatt, glau, Glaud, glav, glaw, glax, glay, glaz, glec, Gledy, gli, glic, glid, glif, glix, gload, gnad, gtad, gtlad, guad, Gulda, Gwlad, Gwladfa, Gxa, Oglada, ugla. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: dag, dal, gad, gal, lad, lag.

-2 letters: ad, ag, al, la.

+1 letter: algid, glade, glads, glady, gland.

+2 letters: agedly, algoid, angled, argled, beglad, daggle, dangle, dialog, gabled, gadfly, galled, gaoled, gelada, glades, gladly, glands, glared, glazed, goaled, lading, lagend, lagged, lapdog, ligand.

+3 letters: adagial, addling, aligned, alleged, angeled, balding, beglads, clagged, clanged, daggled, daggles, daglock, dangled, dangler, dangles, darling, dayglow, daylong, dealing, decalog, deglaze, dialing, dialogs, digital, dongola, draggle, flagged, flanged, gabbled, gadwall, gaggled, gallied, galoped, gambled, garbled, gargled, garland, gaudily, gaveled, geladas, gelated, geoidal, glaceed, gladded, gladden, gladder, gladier, glaired, glaived, glanced, glandes, glassed, gleamed, gleaned, gliadin, gloated, gnarled, goldarn, goliard, gonadal, gondola, gradual, grandly, haggled, hidalgo, jangled, ladings, ladling, ladybug, lagends, lagered, laggard, landing, languid, lapdogs, larding, lauding, laughed, leading, leagued, legated, ligands, ligated, loading, mangled, mangold, plagued, regaled, slagged, slanged, tangled, ullaged, valgoid, waggled, wangled.