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Glad
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Glad
/ɡlæd/
A feeling of happiness or contentment about something.
Synonyms:
happy
pleased
delighted
joyful
satisfied
Antonyms:
sad
unhappy
miserable
depressed
melancholy
Examples:
I am
glad
to see you, Quilp; indeed I am.'
"I am
glad
that you have come," he went on.
I will be so
glad
to take you."
Etymology:
Derived from the Old English
glæd
meaning bright or shining, and related to the Old Norse
glathi
which means joyous, and German
glatt
.
Usage Statistics:
60 mentions per 1 million words
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