glad
Plural: glads
Noun
- 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
- A gladiolus (plant).
Adjective
- Feeling pleasure or happiness; pleased.
- 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"
Adjective Satellite
- eagerly disposed to act or to be of service
- "glad to help"
- feeling happy appreciation
- "glad of the fire's warmth"
- cheerful and bright
- "a glad May morning"
Adj
- Pleased; happy; gratified.
- Having a bright or cheerful appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness.
Verb
Verb Forms: gladded, gladding, glads
- To make someone glad or happy.
- To make glad.
Examples
- Every day I feel glad about the life I am living.
- I am glad of you. And so I have been since our first encounter.
- I am happy and glad at your success.
- I was glad of receiving the tent in time for the camping trip.
- I'm always glad to be of service.
- I'm glad the rain has finally stopped.
- I'm very glad at this decision because we'd been on the ropes for a while.
- She was glad to find the triple-word score for her seven-letter play.
- The rare ’Q’ without a ’U’ tile made the Scrabble player glad for once.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English glad, gled, from Old English glæd (“shining; bright; cheerful; glad”), from Proto-Germanic *gladaz (“shiny; gleaming; radiant; happy; glossy; smooth; flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰladʰ-, from *ǵʰelh₂- (“to shine”).
Cognate with Scots gled, glaid (“shining; bright; glad”), Saterland Frisian glääd (“smooth; sleek”), West Frisian glêd (“smooth”), Dutch glad (“smooth; sleek; slippery”), German glatt (“smooth; sleek; slippery”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish glad (“glad; happy; cheerful”), Icelandic glaður (“glad; joyful; cheery”), Latin glaber (“smooth; hairless; bald”), Russian гла́дкий (gládkij, “smooth”). Doublet of glatt.
Scrabble Score: 6
glad: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordglad: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
glad: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary