Gladness Meaning
/ˈɡlædnəs/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe state of being glad; joy.
Sentence Examples
The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Her face was full of ____ when she received the award.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The return of the long-lost explorers filled the entire village with a sense of pure ____ and celebration.
Word Origin & History
From glad + -ness.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"But sorrow that is couch'd in seeming gladness
Is like that mirth fate turns to sudden sadness."
— c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
"But as time, as time will, drew on, and Watt's period of service on the ground floor approached its term, then this wish and this fear, and so this sorrow and this gladness, like so many other wishes and fears, so many other sorrows and gladnesses, grew duller and duller and gradually ceased to be felt, at all."
— 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Her face was full of ____ when she received the award.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The return of the long-lost explorers filled the entire village with a sense of pure ____ and celebration.