GLADDED Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

gladded

verb

past tense of glad, archaic

as in pleased

to give satisfaction to it hath gladded my heart to see thy face again

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New Hampshire Democrats not pleased One-time heavyweights New Hampshire and Iowa battled to reclaim spots at the front of the calendar and weighed whether to go rogue against the DNC.

— Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 24 July 2026
Jim was, however, pleased to see that Citi thinks Azure is doing well.

— Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 15 July 2026

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Kuwait is known to be overwhelmingly dependent on desalination for drinking water, with almost 90% of the arid nation’s water demand satisfied through seawater desalination plants.

— Michael Wayland,Azhar Sukri,Terri Cullen, CNBC, 18 July 2026
The bánh cuốn đặc biệt — a combination plate with plain steamed rice sheets, sheets stuffed with ground pork and mushroom and pieces filled with shrimp — satisfied my internet FOMO cravings.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026

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The structure leans heavily on concrete, steel and glass, but it’s warmed by wood, basalt and marble finishes and by the way the house frames the surrounding terrain.

— David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026
The other examines how climate change altered the characteristics of the event that happened; for example, whether a hurricane produced more rainfall or a heat wave became hotter because the atmosphere has warmed.

— Deepti Singh, The Conversation, 24 July 2026

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Howard Bradshaw was thrilled to have his son take on more responsibility at the farm.

— Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 25 July 2026
Gillian Anderson is thrilled about her minifigure in the new LEGO X-Files set, ranking it among her top career honors, comparable to her Simpsons cameo.

— Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of thrilled

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At the reception, everyone sat at tables named for Italian directors and feasted on dishes like linguine with baby squid and soused trout by chef Antonino Cannavacciuolo.

— Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
Brian Brobbey and Cody Gakpo feasted off low crosses to each score twice, punctuating this as the World Cup of cutbacks.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 11 July 2026

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