gladdened
past simple and past participle ofgladden
gladden
verb[T]
literaryuk/ˈɡlæd.ən/us/ˈɡlæd.ən/to make someone or somethingglad:
Thenewsgladdened hisheart.
Causing pleasure
- agreeable
- agreeableness
- agreeably
- all things to all peopleidiom
- attractive
- deliciously
- delight
- delightful
- delightfully
- distraction
- homely
- homey
- indulgent
- indulgently
- jovial
- sensual
- sensuous
- sensuously
- serendipitous
- sweeten
Examplesofgladdened
gladdened
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
No object of symbolic exchange could be more deserving orgladdened.
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I have read no speech of recent years which hasgladdenedmy heart more than that.
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I wasgladdenedby the announcement of further assistance for students of dance and drama to help with maintenance costs.
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I wasgladdenedthat that was substantially on the basis of cross-party agreement.
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One of the things whichgladdenedmy heart was to see the bipartisan policy was still fully in operation.
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I and my colleagues aregladdenedby the widespread acceptance of the arguments and conclusions of the report.
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Obviously, the steel men will begladdenedto know that they have been judged and that their future has been predicted from the consumers' point of view.
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That lessened my labors andgladdenedmy life.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Many an elderly birthday boy isgladdenedwith a serenade, many a fellow citizen, whom we are guiding on his last journey, is honoured with a song.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Brandan's opening sentence of the short prologue seems to suggest that he wasgladdened"more" by the relationship than by any of the related parts.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Eeyore isgladdened, as he can now put the busted balloon into the pot and remove it again (he also claimed that he likes the color red).
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