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gladness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of gladness

1 a feeling or state of well-being and contentment
  • felt nothing but gladness at seeing her best friend beat her out for the award
Synonyms of gladness

beatitude, blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, felicity, happiness, joy, warm fuzzies
Words Related to gladness

elatedness, elation, exhilaration, exultation, high, intoxication

ecstasy, euphoria, glory, heaven, nirvana, paradise, rapture, rapturousness, ravishment, seventh heaven, transport

delectation, delight, enjoyment, pleasure

cheer, cheerfulness, comfort, exuberance, gaiety (also gayety), gladsomeness, glee, gleefulness, jocundity, jollity, joyfulness, joyousness, jubilance, jubilation, lightheartedness, merriness, mirth

content, contentedness, gratification, satisfaction, triumph
Near Antonyms of gladness

agony, anguish, desolation, joylessness, sorrow, sufferance, woe, woefulness

blues, cheerlessness, dejection, depression, desolateness, despondency, disheartenment, dispiritedness, doldrums, downheartedness, gloom, gloominess, melancholy, mournfulness, plaintiveness

Gehenna, hell, purgatory
Antonyms of gladness

calamity, ill-being, misery, sadness, unhappiness, wretchedness
2 the feeling experienced when one's wishes are met
  • the children's gladness was evident as they opened their Christmas presents
Synonyms of gladness

content, contentedness, contentment, delectation, delight, enjoyment, gratification, happiness, pleasure, relish, satisfaction
Words Related to gladness

afterglow

bliss, felicity, glee, gleefulness, joy, pleasance

amusement, diversion, entertainment

elatedness, elation, exhilaration, exultation, intoxication

ecstasy, euphoria, heaven, rapture

cheer, cheerfulness, exuberance, gaiety (also gayety), jollity, joyfulness, jubilation

joie de vivre

comfort, ease, restfulness
Near Antonyms of gladness

misery, sadness, unhappiness, wretchedness

anguish, desolation, joylessness, sorrow, woe

dejection, depression, despondency, dispiritedness, gloom, melancholy

aggravation, annoyance, exasperation, irritation, pique, vexation

anger, fury, rage

agitation, distress, disturbance, upset

discomfort, restlessness, uneasiness
Antonyms of gladness

discontent, discontentedness, discontentment, displeasure, dissatisfaction, unhappiness

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