GLADDEN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they gladden ... he / she / it gladdens

Past simple: gladdened

Past participle: gladdened

-ing form: gladdening

Meaning:

Become glad or happy

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

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)

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)