glad
/ɡlæd/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.90 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having a bright or cheerful appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness.
Obsolete
name
A diminutive of the female given name Gladys.
Example Sentences
- "I'm glad the rain has finally stopped."
- "I'm always glad to be of service."
- "I was glad of receiving the tent in time for the camping trip."
- "I am glad of you. And so I have been since our first encounter."
- "I'm very glad at this decision because we'd been on the ropes for a while."
- "I am happy and glad at your success."
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”), Russian гла́дкий (gládkij, “smooth”). Doublet of glatt.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *ǵʰelh₂-, glad, glæd, *gladaz, *gʰladʰ-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɡlæd/
- British English: /ɡlæd/
Usage
Inflected Forms
gladder (comparative)
more glad (comparative)
gladdest (superlative)
most glad (superlative)
glads (present, singular)
gladding (participle, present)
gladded (participle, past)
gladded (past)
glads (plural)