01 a. Pleased; joyous; happy; cheerful; gratified; -- opposed to sorry, sorrowful, or unhappy; -- said of persons, and often followed by of, at, …
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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.
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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.
Phrases & compounds
Glad on 't —
glad of it.
Syn.
Pleased; gratified; exhilarated; animated; delighted; happy; cheerful; joyous; joyful; cheering; exhilarating; pleasing; animating.
-- 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.