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GLADDEN
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they gladden ... he / she / it gladdens
Past simple: gladdened
Past participle: gladdened
-ing form: gladdening
Sense 1
Meaning:
Become glad or happy
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "gladden" is one way to...):
joy; rejoice (feel happiness or joy)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
The good news will gladden her
Antonym:
sadden (come to feel sad)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Make glad or happy
Synonyms:
gladden; joy
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Cause:
gladden (become glad or happy)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "gladden"):
overjoy (cause to feel extremely joyful or happy)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Antonym:
sadden (make unhappy)
