(v. t.) To make glad; to cheer; to please; to gratify; to rejoice; to exhilarate.
(v. i.) To be or become glad; to rejoice.
Example Sentences:
(1) His ideas about the revival of politics in the Facebook age find almost no echo among Ukippers, while whathe has said in the recent past about the future of the state would not exactly gladden hearts in Jaywick.
(2) It is not easy to see much that gladdens the heart in the story of Ian Watkins, the former rock star who has had his appeal against his 29-year prison sentence for child abuse thrown out .
(3) It was a statement to gladden the heart: "I make no apology for attacking spivs and gamblers who did more harm to the British economy than Bob Crow could achieve in his wildest Trotskyite fantasies, while paying themselves outrageous bonuses underwritten by the taxpayer."
(4) Pint from £2.90 Golden Ball A pub to gladden the heart of any Guardian reader, this.
(5) He said then that a negative decision would "gladden [Poland's] enemies".
(6) The Washington consensus, which Ferguson describes in The Ascent of Money as a wishlist "that would have gladdened the heart of a British imperial administrator", looks irretrievably battered - and yet he refuses to blame any erstwhile masters of the universe.
(7) A very bad start, it was not necessary.” Manchester United’s Luke Shaw out for months with double fracture Read more At kick-off the sight of Anthony Martial lining up as the centre-forward for the 19-year-old’s first start gladdened the football romantic.
(8) But the television pictures of grateful pats on the back gladdened Tory hearts.
(9) It cannot be said that the Palace of Westminster has in recent years overburdened the population of Britain with heart-gladdening news.
(10) Brian Gladden, the chief financial officer, said the macroeconomic climate "is clearly impacting our results.
(11) It’s one that will gladden the heart of so many British people who seek his counsel, and who wish they didn’t have to do at a foreigner’s remove: desperate as ever for a new target to have a frothingly weird pop at, he has turned to us.
(12) Nonetheless, the egalitarian heart isn't gladdened.
(13) Coogan, in his Partridge guise, said: “I am both thrilled, humbled, gladdened and excited to be bringing Mid Morning Matters back to Sky Atlantic .
(14) A comparison of the likely loser and winner in the election should gladden the heart of anyone who believes in upward social mobility.
(15) In different ways Keane, Ronaldo, Henry and Touré uplifted their teams and gladdened the hearts of football lovers.
(16) But it does gladden the heart how the constantly evolving Edinburgh fringe keeps defying attempts to control and corporatise it.
Gladen
Definition:
(n.) Sword grass; any plant with sword-shaped leaves, esp. the European Iris foetidissima.