glad
adjective
feeling joy or pleasure; delighted; pleased: glad that you are here.
gladness
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a word derived from
glad.
Example Sentences
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The American Psychological Association defines joy as “a feeling of extreme gladness, delight or exultation of the spirit arising from a sense of well-being and satisfaction.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025
He provoked Hoder, the blind god of darkness, to kill Balder, the god of joy and gladness.
From DOGO News ● Oct. 9, 2023
He reckons that most fans — including his mother! — couldn’t name four players on the teams beyond the hyper-famous Lionel Messi, whose Argentina team visited Dhaka in 2011 to mass gladness.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2022
Tyrone county chair Michael Kerr said Damian brought "honour, delight and gladness to the whole county and far beyond".
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2022
His eyes swept the proud Prussian before him from the close-cropped hair on the sternly stubborn head, to the feet standing stiffly at attention—and there was a sudden glow of pure gladness surging through him.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
