glad
adjective
[ ɡlad ]
• feeling pleasure or happiness.
• "I'm really glad to hear that"
Similar:
pleased,
happy,
delighted,
as pleased as Punch,
well pleased,
thrilled,
overjoyed,
cock-a-hoop,
elated,
like a dog with two tails,
like a child with a new toy,
gleeful,
satisfied,
contented,
gratified,
grateful,
thankful,
enchanté,
tickled pink,
over the moon,
as happy as Larry,
chuffed,
made up,
as happy as a clam,
wrapped,
gruntled,
more than willing,
eager,
ready,
prepared,
nothing loath,
game,
glad
verb
• make happy; please.
• "Albion's lessening shore could grieve or glad mine eye"
Origin:
Old English glæd (originally in the sense ‘bright, shining’), of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse glathr ‘bright, joyous’ and German glatt ‘smooth’, also to Latin glaber ‘smooth, hairless’.
glad
noun
• a gladiolus.
Origin:
1920s: abbreviation.
