What does gladness mean?
Definitions for gladness
glad·ness
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word gladness.
Princeton's WordNet
gladness, gladfulness, gladsomenessnoun
experiencing joy and pleasure
Wiktionary
gladnessnoun
The state of being glad; joy.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Gladnessnoun
Cheerfulness; joy; exultation.
Etymology: from glad.
By such degrees the spreading gladness grew
In every heart, which fear had froze before:
The standing streets with so much joy they view,
That with less grief the perish’d they deplore. Dryden.
Webster Dictionary
Gladnessnoun
state or quality of being glad; pleasure; joyful satisfaction; cheerfulness
Etymology: [AS. gldnes.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of gladness in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of gladness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of gladness in a Sentence
I care for riches, to make giftsTo friends, or lead a sick man back to healthWith ease and plenty. Else small aid is wealthFor daily gladness; once a man be doneWith hunger, rich and poor are all as one.
The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.
Give not over thy soul to sorrow and afflict not thyself in thy own counsel. Gladness of heart is the life of man and the joyfulness of man is length of days.
Do what you do with gladness and you will be rewarded accordingly.
Popularity rank by frequency of use
Translations for gladness
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
Get even more translations for gladness »
Translation
Find a translation for the gladness definition in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Word of the Day
Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"gladness." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2023. Web. 29 Jan. 2023. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/gladness>.
Discuss these gladness definitions with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In