Glad
Glad (glad) , adjective
[Anglo-Saxon glad bright, glad; akin to Dutch glad smooth, German glatt, Old High German glat smooth, shining, Icelandic glaer glad, bright, Danish & Swedish glad glad, Lithuanian glodas smooth, and prob. to Latin glaber, and English glide. Compare Glabrous.]
1.
Pleased; joyous; happy; cheerful; gratified; -- opposed to sorry, sorrowful, or unhappy; -- said of persons, and often followed by of, at, that, or by the infinitive, and sometimes by with, introducing the cause or reason.
A wise son maketh a glad father.
He that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
The Trojan, glad with sight of hostile blood.
He, glad of her attention gained.
As we are now glad to behold your eyes.
Glad am I that your highness is so armed.
Collocations (1)
Glad on 't , glad of it. [Colloquial] — Shakespeare
2.
Wearing a gay or bright appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness; exhilarating.
Her conversation
More glad to me than to a miser money is.
Glad evening and glad morn crowned the fourth day.
Glad , transitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon gladian. See Glad, a., and compare Gladden, transitive verb]
To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate. — Chaucer
That which gladded all the warrior train.
Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man.
Glad , intransitive verb
To be glad; to rejoice. [Obsolete] — Massinger