'Gladness' definitions:
Definition of 'gladness'
From: WordNet
noun
Experiencing joy and pleasure [syn: gladness, gladfulness, gladsomeness]
Definition of 'Gladness'
From: GCIDE
- Gladness \Glad"ness\, n. [AS. gl[ae]dnes.] State or quality of being glad; pleasure; joyful satisfaction; cheerfulness. [1913 Webster]
- They . . . did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart. --Acts ii. 46. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Gladness is rarely or never equivalent to mirth, merriment, gayety, and triumph, and it usually expresses less than delight. It sometimes expresses great joy. [1913 Webster]
- The Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. --Esther viii. 17. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'gladness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- beatification,
- beatitude,
- bewitchment,
- blessedness,
- bliss,
- blissfulness,
- blitheness,
- blithesomeness,
- brightness,
- cheer,
- cheerfulness,
- cheeriness,
- cheery vein,
- cloud nine,
- delectation,
- delight,
- ecstasy,
- ecstatics,
- elation,
- enchantment,
- eupeptic mien,
- exaltation,
- exhilaration,
- exuberance,
- felicity,
- gaiety,
- geniality,
- gladsomeness,
- glee,
- good cheer,
- happiness,
- heaven,
- high spirits,
- hopefulness,
- intoxication,
- joy,
- joyance,
- joyfulness,
- optimism,
- overhappiness,
- overjoyfulness,
- paradise,
- pleasantness,
- radiance,
- rapture,
- ravishment,
- rosy expectation,
- sanguine humor,
- sanguineness,
- seventh heaven,
- sunniness,
- sunshine,
- transport,
- unalloyed happiness,
- winsomeness