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Thesaurus: gladden

To make glad; to cheer; to please; to gratify; to rejoice; to exhilarate.

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  1. v. t. To make glad; to cheer; to please; to gratify; to rejoice; to exhilarate.
  2. v. i. To be or become glad; to rejoice.
  3. v. make glad or happy
  4. v. become glad or happy
  5. To make glad; to cheer; to please; to gratify; to rejoice; to exhilarate. A secret pleasure gladdened all that saw him. Addison. To be or become glad; to rejoice. The vast Pacific gladdens with the freight. Wordsworth.
  6. To make glad; to cheer; to please; to gratify; to rejoice; toexhilarate.A secret pleasure gladdened all that saw him. Addison.
  7. v:100 v. make glad or happy v. become glad or happy