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glad
Synonyms and Antonyms of glad
- The man was glad to see his old college buddies again, after so long an absence.
blithe, blithesome, buoyant, cheerful, cheery, gay, gladsome, lighthearted, sunny, upbeat
gleeful, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful, smiling
beatific, ecstatic, elated, enraptured, entranced, euphoric, exhilarated, rapturous, rhapsodic (also rhapsodical)
abject, aggrieved, anguished, blue, brokenhearted, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, disheartened, downcast, downhearted, forlorn, melancholy
doleful, dolorous, lachrymose, mournful, plaintive, sorrowful, sorry, woeful
black, dark, desolate, dispirited, gloomy, glum, grieved, heartbroken, heartsick, miserable, woebegone, wretched
- I am glad to do the work if it will help the cause.
- Doctors brought glad tidings to the reporters awaiting news of the queen's condition.
- She was glad of the offer of a ride home.
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