glad

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɡlæd/ See IPA manual

Freq #597

Meanings

1

adj
Happy and pleased about something.

I'm glad the rain has finally stopped.
2

adj
Willing and happy to help or do something.

I'd be glad to help you move on Saturday.
3

verb
To make someone happy.

The good news gladded everyone in the room.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 adj · willing and happy to help... happy

3 verb · to make someone happy. cheer up gladden

Opposites

cranky depressed downcast heavy peevish sad sorrowful

Word family

Forms gladdergladdest

Derived forms engladdenglad-eyeglad-handglad-handedglad-handerglad-handinggladden gladfulgladhandgladheartedgladlessgladly

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Phrases (1)

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so glad
very pleased or relieved about something

Adverb + adjective

Simplified etymology

Glad comes from Old English and originally meant “bright” or “shining.” Its root is related to German glatt, “smooth,” and Latin glaber, “smooth, hairless”; its meaning later shifted through “delighted, rejoicing” to the milder modern sense “pleased.”

Etymology

From Middle English glad, gled, from Old English glæd (“shining; bright; cheerful; glad”), from Proto-Germanic *gladaz (“shiny; gleaming; radiant; happy; glossy; smooth; flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰladʰ-, from *ǵʰelh₂- (“to shine”). Cognate with Scots gled, glaid (“shining; bright; glad”), Saterland Frisian glääd (“smooth; sleek”), West Frisian glêd (“smooth”), Dutch glad (“smooth; sleek; slippery”), German glatt (“smooth; sleek; slippery”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish glad (“glad; happy; cheerful”), Icelandic glaður (“glad; joyful; cheery”), Latin glaber (“smooth; hairless; bald”),…

*ǵʰelh₂- Proto-Indo-European glad Middle English glæd Old English *gladaz Proto-Germanic *gʰladʰ- Proto-Indo-European

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# glad

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj, verb
**IPA (US):** /ɡlæd/
**Frequency rank:** 597

## Meanings
1. Happy and pleased about something.
2. Willing and happy to help or do something.
3. To make someone happy.

## Examples
- I'm glad the rain has finally stopped.
- I'd be glad to help you move on Saturday.
- The good news gladded everyone in the room.

## Antonyms
- cranky
- depressed
- downcast
- heavy
- peevish
- sad
- sorrowful

## Derived Forms
- engladden
- glad-eye
- glad-hand
- glad-handed
- glad-hander
- glad-handing
- gladden
- gladful
- gladhand
- gladhearted
- gladless
- gladly

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *ǵʰelh₂-
- Root: glad
- Root: glæd
- Root: *gladaz
- Root: *gʰladʰ-

## Etymology
From Middle English glad, gled, from Old English glæd (“shining; bright; cheerful; glad”), from Proto-Germanic *gladaz (“shiny; gleaming; radiant; happy; glossy; smooth; flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰladʰ-, from *ǵʰelh₂- (“to shine”). Cognate with Scots gled, glaid (“shining; bright; glad”), Saterland Frisian glääd (“smooth; sleek”), West Frisian glêd (“smooth”), Dutch glad (“smooth; sleek; slippery”), German glatt (“smooth; sleek; slippery”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish glad (“glad; happy; cheerful”), Icelandic glaður (“glad; joyful; cheery”), Latin glaber (“smooth; hairless; bald”),…

## AI Etymology
Glad comes from Middle English glad, gled, from Old English glæd (“shining; bright; cheerful; glad”), from Proto-Germanic *gladaz (“shiny; gleaming; radiant; happy; glossy; smooth; flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰladʰ-, from *ǵʰelh₂- (“to shine”). In current use, the main senses are “Happy and pleased about something” and “Willing and happy to help or do something”.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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