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gladder a. 高興的,愉悅的 高興的,愉悅的 Glad \ Glad\ ( gl[ a^] d), a. [ Compar. { Gladder}; superl. { Gladdest}.] [ AS. gl[ ae] d bright, glad; akin to D. glad smooth, G. glatt, OHG. glat smooth, shining, Icel. gla[ eth] r glad, bright, Dan. & Sw. glad glad, Lith. glodas smooth, and prob. to L. glaber, and E. glide. Cf. { Glabrous}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. Pleased; joyous; happy; cheerful; gratified; -- opposed to { sorry}, { sorrowful}, or { unhappy}; -- said of persons, and often followed by of, at, that, or by the infinitive, and sometimes by with, introducing the cause or reason. [ 1913 Webster] A wise son maketh a glad father. -- Prov. x. 1. [ 1913 Webster] He that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. -- Prov. xvii. 5. [ 1913 Webster] The Trojan, glad with sight of hostile blood. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] He, glad of her attention gained. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] As we are now glad to behold your eyes. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Glad am I that your highness is so armed. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] { Glad on ' t}, glad of it. [ Colloq.] -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Wearing a gay or bright appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness; exhilarating. [ 1913 Webster] Her conversation More glad to me than to a miser money is. -- Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster] Glad evening and glad morn crowned the fourth day. -- Milton. Syn: Pleased; gratified; exhilarated; animated; delighted; happy; cheerful; joyous; joyful; cheering; exhilarating; pleasing; animating. Usage: { Glad}, { Delighted}, { Gratified}. Delighted expresses a much higher degree of pleasure than glad. Gratified always refers to a pleasure conferred by some human agent, and the feeling is modified by the consideration that we owe it in part to another. A person may be glad or delighted to see a friend, and gratified at the attention shown by his visits. [ 1913 Webster]
Gladder \ Glad" der\, n. One who makes glad. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster]
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