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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GLAD, a. [L. loetus, without a prefix.]
1. Pleased; affected with pleasure or moderate joy; moderately happy.
A wise son maketh a glad father. Proverbs 10.
It is usually followed by of. I am glad of an opportunity to oblige my friend.
It is sometimes followed by at.
He that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. Proverbs 17.
It is sometimes followed by with.
The Trojan, glad with sight of hostile blood--
With, after glad, is unusual, and in this passage at would have been preferable.
2. Cheerful; joyous.
They blessed the king, and went to their tents, joyful and glad of heart. 1 Kings 8.
3. Cheerful; wearing the appearance of joy; as a glad countenance.
4. Wearing a gay appearance; showy; bright.
The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them. Isaiah 35.
Glad evening and glad morn crown'd the fourth day.
5. Pleasing; exhilarating.
Her conversation
More glad to me than to a miser money is.
6. Expressing gladness or joy; exciting joy.
Hark! a glad voice the lonely desert cheers.
GLAD, v.t. [The pret. and pp. gladed is not used. See Gladden.]
To make glad; to affect with pleasure; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate.
Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
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" [ant: sad]
2: eagerly disposed to act or to be of service; "glad to help" [syn: glad, happy]
3: feeling happy appreciation; "glad of the fire's warmth"
4: cheerful and bright; "a beaming smile"; "a glad May morning" [syn: beaming, glad] n
1: any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel- shaped flowers; widely cultivated [syn: gladiolus, gladiola, glad, sword lily]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective (gladder; gladdest) Etymology: Middle English, shining, glad, from Old English glæd; akin to Old High German glat shining, smooth, Latin glaber smooth, bald Date: before 12th century 1. archaic having a cheerful or happy disposition by nature 2. a. experiencing pleasure, joy, or delight ; made happy b. made pleased, satisfied, or grateful — often used with of <was glad of their help> c. very willing <glad to do it> 3. a. marked by, expressive of, or caused by happiness and joy <a glad shout> b. causing happiness and joy ; pleasant <glad tidings> 4. full of brightness and cheerfulness <a glad spring morning> • gladly adverb • gladness noun II. verb (gladded; gladding) Date: before 12th century archaic gladden III. noun Date: 1923 gladiolus 1

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. adj. & v. --adj. (gladder, gladdest) 1 (predic.; usu. foll. by of, about, or to + infin.) pleased; willing (shall be glad to come; would be glad of a chance to talk about it). 2 a marked by, filled with, or expressing, joy (a glad expression). b (of news, events, etc.) giving joy (glad tidings). 3 (of objects) bright; beautiful. --v.tr. (gladded, gladding) archaic make glad. Phrases and idioms: the glad eye colloq. an amorous glance. glad hand the hand of welcome. glad-hand v.tr. greet cordially; welcome. glad rags colloq. best clothes; evening dress. Derivatives: gladly adv. gladness n. gladsome adj. poet. Etymology: OE glæd f. Gmc 2. n. (also Austral. gladdie) colloq. a gladiolus. Etymology: abbr.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Glad Glad, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gladded; p. pr. & vb. n. Gladding.] [AS. gladian. See Glad, a., and cf. Gladden, v. t.] To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate. --Chaucer. That which gladded all the warrior train. --Dryden. Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man. --Pope.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Glad Glad, a. [Compar. Gladder; superl. Gladdest.] [AS. gl[ae]d bright, glad; akin to D. glad smooth, G. glatt, OHG. glat smooth, shining, Icel. gla?r glad, bright, Dan. & Sw. glad glad, Lith. glodas smooth, and prob. to L. glaber, and E. glide. Cf. Glabrous.] 1. Pleased; joyous; happy; cheerful; gratified; -- opposed to sorry, sorrowful, or unhappy; -- said of persons, and often followed by of, at, that, or by the infinitive, and sometimes by with, introducing the cause or reason. A wise son maketh a glad father. --Prov. x. 1. He that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. --Prov. xvii. 5. The Trojan, glad with sight of hostile blood. --Dryden. He, glad of her attention gained. --Milton. As we are now glad to behold your eyes. --Shak. Glad am I that your highness is so armed. --Shak. Glad on 't, glad of it. [Colloq.] --Shak. 2. Wearing a gay or bright appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness; exhilarating. Her conversation More glad to me than to a miser money is. --Sir P. Sidney. Glad evening and glad morn crowned the fourth day. --Milton. Syn: Pleased; gratified; exhilarated; animated; delighted; happy; cheerful; joyous; joyful; cheering; exhilarating; pleasing; animating. Usage: Glad, Delighted, Gratified. Delighted expresses a much higher degree of pleasure than glad. Gratified always refers to a pleasure conferred by some human agent, and the feeling is modified by the consideration that we owe it in part to another. A person may be glad or delighted to see a friend, and gratified at the attention shown by his visits.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Glad Glad, v. i. To be glad; to rejoice. [Obs.] --Massinger.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you are glad about something, you are happy and pleased about it. I'm glad I relented in the end... The people seem genuinely glad to see you... I ought to be glad about what happened... I'd be glad if the boys slept a little longer so I could do some ironing. ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft ADJ that, ADJ to-inf, ADJ of/about n • gladly Mallarmé gladly accepted the invitation. ADV: ADV with v • gladness ...a night of joy and gladness. N-UNCOUNT 2. If you say that you will be glad to do something, usually for someone else, you mean that you are willing and eager to do it. I'll be glad to show you everything... We should be glad to answer any questions. = happy ADJ: v-link ADJ to-inf [feelings] • gladly The counselors will gladly baby-sit during their free time. ADV: ADV with v

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. a. 1. Pleased, delighted, gratified, rejoiced, happy, well contented. 2. Cheerful, joyous, joyful, gladsome, happy, merry, elate, elated, jocund, playful, light-hearted, light, animated, cherry. 3. Cheering, animating, gratifying, pleasing, exhilarating, bright, gladdening, joyous, joyful. II. v. a. (Poetical.) Delight. See gladden.

Moby Thesaurus

animating, beaming, beatific, beatified, beautiful, blessed, blissful, blithe, blithesome, bright, bright and sunny, capering, charmed, cheerful, cheering, cheery, chirping, chuffed, comfortable, content, contented, cozy, dancing, delighted, eager, easy, elated, encouraging, enlivening, eupeptic, euphoric, exalted, exhilarated, exhilarating, favorably impressed with, flushed, flushed with joy, gay, genial, gladdening, gladsome, gleeful, glowing, gratified, happy, heart-warming, heartening, high, hilarious, hopeful, in clover, in good spirits, in high spirits, inclined, inspiring, inspiriting, intrigued, invigorating, irrepressible, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, keen, laughing, leaping, lighthearted, merry, mirthful, of good cheer, optimistic, overjoyed, pleasant, pleased, pleased as Punch, pleased with, purring, radiant, ready, ready and willing, rejoiced, riant, rosy, sanguine, sanguineous, satisfied, singing, smiling, smirking, sold on, sparkling, starry-eyed, sunny, taken with, thrice happy, thrilled, tickled, tickled pink, tickled to death, well-disposed, winsome