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glad
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1 glad
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.
synoniemen: gladiola, gladiolus, sword lily.
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
1 glad
Showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy.
Roget 829:
causing pleasure
etc.
v.;
laetificant†;
pleasure-giving,
pleasing,
pleasant,
pleasurable;
agreeable;
grateful,
gratifying;
leef†,
lief,
acceptable;
welcome,
welcome as the roses in May;
welcomed;
favorite;
to one's taste,
to one's mind,
to one's liking;
satisfactory
etc.
(good)
648.
refreshing;
comfortable;
cordial;
genial;
glad,
gladsome;
sweet,
delectable,
nice,
dainty;
delicate,
delicious;
dulcet;
luscious
etc.
396;
palatable
etc.
394;
luxurious,
voluptuous;
sensual
etc.
377.
[of people]
attractive
etc.
615;
inviting,
prepossessing,
engaging;
winning,
winsome;
taking,
fascinating,
captivating,
killing;
seducing,
seductive;
heart-robbing,
alluring,
enticing;
appetizing
etc.
(exciting)
824;
cheering
etc.
836;
bewitching;
enchanting,
entrancing,
enravishing†.
charming;
delightful,
felicitous,
exquisite;
lovely
etc.
(beautiful)
845;
ravishing,
rapturous;
heartfelt,
thrilling,
ecstatic;
beatic†;
beatific;
seraphic;
empyrean;
elysian
etc.
(heavenly)
981.
palmy,
halcyon,
Saturnian.
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2 glad
Eagerly disposed to act or to be of service:
— Glad to help.
synoniem: happy.
Roget 827:
pleased
etc.
829;
not sorry;
glad,
gladsome;
pleased as Punch.
happy,
blest,
blessed,
blissful,
beatified;
happy as a clam at high water [U.S.],
happy as a clam,
happy as a king,
happy as the day is long;
thrice happy,
ter quaterque beatus [Lat.];
enjoying
etc.
v.;
joyful
etc.
(in spirits)
836;
hedonic†.
in a blissful state,
in paradise
etc.
981,
in raptures,
in ecstasies,
in a transport of delight.
comfortable
etc.
(physical pleasure)
377;
at ease;
content
etc.
831;
sans souci [Fr.].
overjoyed,
entranced,
enchanted;
enraptures;
enravished†;
transported;
fascinated,
captivated.
with a joyful face,
with sparkling eyes.
pleasing
etc.
829;
ecstatic,
beatic†;
painless,
unalloyed,
without alloy,
cloudless.
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3 glad
Feeling happy appreciation.
4 glad
Cheerful and bright:
— A glad May morning.
synoniem: beaming.
Moby betekeniswoordenboek: animating, beaming, beatific, beatified, beautiful, blessed, blissful, blithe, blithesome, bright, bright and sunny, capering, charmed, cheerful, cheering, cheery, chirping, chuffed, comfortable, content, contented, cozy, dancing, delighted, eager, easy, elated, encouraging, enlivening, eupeptic, euphoric, exalted, exhilarated, exhilarating, favorably impressed with, flushed, flushed with joy, gay, genial, gladdening, gladsome, gleeful, glowing, gratified, happy, heart-warming, heartening, high, hilarious, hopeful, in clover, in good spirits, in high spirits, inclined, inspiring, inspiriting, intrigued, invigorating, irrepressible, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, keen, laughing, leaping, lighthearted, merry, mirthful, of good cheer, optimistic, overjoyed, pleasant, pleased, pleased as Punch, pleased with, purring, radiant, ready, ready and willing, rejoiced, riant, rosy, sanguine, sanguineous, satisfied, singing, smiling, smirking, sold on, sparkling, starry-eyed, sunny, taken with, thrice happy, thrilled, tickled, tickled pink, tickled to death, well-disposed, winsome ... meer laten zien.
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