gladsomeness

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Noun
  • Wine-Coca conduces to mental activity and clearness, prevents fatigue and exhaustion, brings cheerfulness and sweet refreshing sleep.
    AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 29 May 2026
  • This kind of optimism and cheerfulness can make leaders more empathetic and pleasant to work with, partly because psychology research finds that positive moods increase helping, generosity and interpersonal understanding.
    Aditya Simha, The Conversation, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • From beginning to end, there’s a joyfulness and a boyish innocence to IOI’s new iteration of the character, which surprised me.
    Alex James Kane, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • The joyfulness of Mario could easily be taken for granted, but remember, this is a character that’s prevailed for generations.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • That lightheartedness quickly evolved into the NFL’s biggest off-field competition.
    Karla Cote, Variety, 15 May 2026
  • In a film that nimbly walks the tightrope between lightheartedness and weightlessness, Jerry and Mabel’s antagonistic relationship ends up proving the unexpected core of the story.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 2 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • There’s a fair bit of mirth in all this, and in Glanz’s brittle, snippy dialogue, which is abetted by the casting.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 4 June 2026
  • That character’s name alone — like the resurgence of Doofy — is an indication of the mirth the screenwriters take from skewering political correctness, cancel culture and social justice movements like Black Lives Matter and #MeTo.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • After an early goal by the Italian forward Moise Kean provided a period of optimism, Bosnia and Herzegovina tied the score in the seventy-ninth minute, then snatched victory in penalty kicks, sending the home crowd into jubilation.
    Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 30 May 2026
  • The moment Gabriel sails the penalty kick over the net – and PSG turns nerves into jubilation.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
Noun
  • As the base runners scampered home, tying the game, Chicago players and fans alike shrieked with glee.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
  • Bardem is captivating and formidable, grinning with maniacal glee at his every act of depravity and the fear and anguish of his victims.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • Perhaps the exuberance on my father’s side is tinged by their acquaintance with disaster.
    Andrea Bajani, New Yorker, 7 June 2026
  • Richard is a tiki guy, and his and Schaffer’s book is the first attempt, possibly ever, to unite the flamboyant exuberance of tiki with the methodical precision of the modernist craft movement.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 6 June 2026
Noun
  • The service The staff here are ever so kind, and bound by the same joy and passion for food and nature as the people that visit.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • Pain and joy, an equal balancing, a vying bright anguish of the two.
    Maggie O’Farrell, Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
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“Gladsomeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gladsomeness. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.

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