(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.
Joy
Definition:
(n.) The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the like, or by a rational prospect of possessing what we love or desire; gladness; exhilaration of spirits; delight.
(n.) That which causes joy or happiness.
(n.) The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity.
(n.) To rejoice; to be glad; to delight; to exult.
(v. t.) To give joy to; to congratulate.
(v. t.) To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate.
(v. t.) To enjoy.
Example Sentences:
(1) This frees the student to experience the excitement and challenge of learning and the joy of helping people.
(2) It came in a mix of joy and sorrow and brilliance under pressure, with one of the most remarkable things you will ever see on a basketball court in the biggest moment.
(3) His greatest legacy, besides his three children, is the joy and happiness he offered to others, particularly to those fighting personal battles.
(4) An untiring advocate of the joys and merits of his adopted home county, Bradbury figured Norfolk as a place of writing parsons, farmer-writers and sensitive poets: John Skelton, Rider Haggard, John Middleton Murry, William Cowper, George MacBeth, George Szirtes.
(5) He'll watch Game of Thrones , from now on, as a cheerfully clueless fan, "with total surprise and joy", and meanwhile get on with other work.
(6) José Mourinho ended this breathless contest on his knees with a sliding, turf-surfing celebration that was fuelled by relief as much as joy.
(7) But in the event, two US writers have made the final round of this year's award: Joshua Ferris and Karen Joy Fowler .
(8) It's no surprise that one of the last things Ian Curtis of Joy Division did before hanging himself was to watch Herzog's Stroszeck (1977).
(9) But all that has changed since I discovered the sheer joy of hunting down items with “reduced” stickers at my local Waitrose.
(10) "She's very agile as a performer, and is able to deliver again and again so it's a very joyful watch."
(11) Many of my friends have been crying with joy this week.
(12) Waitrose evokes strong opinions: from sniffy derision about the supermarket's perceived airs and graces to expressions of joy from middle-class incomers when their gentrified area is blessed with a branch.
(13) He didn't go to university, but says he discovered the joy of learning for learning's sake when he was tutored on the Harry Potter sets.
(14) But their joy didn't last long; a week later, 11 rhino were found on a single day at two private ranches northwest of Johannesburg.
(15) To everyone's joy, both stories turned out to be true.
(16) The experiences that most often led to high levels of joy were those referrable to positive emotional events.
(17) However, nerves among the Stoke fans subsequently turned to joy and relief as a substitute, Mame Biram Diouf, headed in with seven minutes to go and confirmed victory.
(18) When Gould almost dies one night, and the next morning is instead given three or four days to live, she experiences a strange joy at the extra time granted, more precious hours to talk with him about their twin passions, Queens Park Rangers and the Labour party, more time to help him get his book finished.
(19) Vic Goddard, principal of Passmores academy in neighbouring Essex, the school featured in the TV series Educating Essex, who recently published a book about the joys of headship, The Best Job In The World, says the document spells out what is going on across the country.
(20) Joshua Ferris's novel about dentistry, virtual identity and the search for meaning is bitingly funny; Karen Joy Fowler draws on studies of chimpanzee behaviour to consider what it is that makes us human.