glad

1. 1

   Pleased; happy; gratified.predicativeusually

   • I'm glad the rain has finally stopped.
   • I'm always glad to be of service.
2. 2

   Having a bright or cheerful appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness.obsoletepredicativeusually

   • Her conversation / More glad to me than to a miser money is.
   • Glad Eevening & glad morn crownd the fourth day.

ant. cranky · depressed · downcast · heavy · peevish · sad · sorrowful

1. 1

   To make glad.archaicpredicativetransitive

   • that which gladded all the warrior train
   • Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man.

1. 1

   A gladiolus (plant).informalpredicativeusually

   • Glads are widely grown as cut flowers both in the United States and abroad.