gladden

Verb

Verb Forms: gladdened, gladdening, gladdens

To make someone happy or pleased.
make glad or happy
become glad or happy
To cause (something) to become more glad.
To become more glad in one's disposition.

Examples

Finding a triple-word score for ’GLADDEN’ truly gladdened the player’s heart.

Origin / Etymology

From glad + -en.

Synonyms

joy, beatify, begladden, blissen, bright, cheer, cheer up, content, delight, elate, enbliss, exhilarate, fain, gay, gladden, gladden someone's heart, gratify, happify, happy, hearten, jollify, laetificate, light up, make someone's day, perk up, please, raise someone's spirits, rejoice, turn the frown upside down, upcheer, warm someone's heart, warm the cockles of someone's heart

Antonyms

sadden

Scrabble Score: 10

gladden: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
gladden: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gladden: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

gladden: valid Words With Friends Word