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adjective

as in delighted

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gladdened

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verb

past tense of gladden
as in pleased
to give satisfaction to it would gladden me to hear you sing again

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gladdened
  1. delighted
  2. pleased
  3. joyous
  4. satisfied
  5. joyful
  6. warmed
  7. buoyed
  8. feasted
Adjective
  • As much as the couples appreciate the celebrities’ gestures, the stars often seem just as delighted to be included.
    — Lydia Price, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
  • The audience was delighted to be coaxed, delighted to hear from Goldberg herself.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
Definition of delighted
Verb
  • New Hampshire Democrats not pleased One-time heavyweights New Hampshire and Iowa battled to reclaim spots at the front of the calendar and weighed whether to go rogue against the DNC.
    — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 24 July 2026
  • Jim was, however, pleased to see that Citi thinks Azure is doing well.
    — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 15 July 2026
Definition of pleased
Adjective
  • For Chicago White Sox rookie slugger Munetaka Murakami, Sunday was a celebration of the most joyous kind.
    — Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 26 July 2026
  • The joyous event is a tradition spanning over half a century.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
Definition of joyous
Verb
  • Kuwait is known to be overwhelmingly dependent on desalination for drinking water, with almost 90% of the arid nation’s water demand satisfied through seawater desalination plants.
    — Michael Wayland,Azhar Sukri,Terri Cullen, CNBC, 18 July 2026
  • The bánh cuốn đặc biệt — a combination plate with plain steamed rice sheets, sheets stuffed with ground pork and mushroom and pieces filled with shrimp — satisfied my internet FOMO cravings.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
Definition of satisfied
Adjective
  • From cute to hilarious and sometimes even weird, this year’s selection highlights joyful, inventive images.
    — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • News to Know If there was some new big furor involving the WNBA this weekend, it was overshadowed by the league’s joyful celebration of its 30th season.
    — Matt Piper, New York Times, 26 July 2026
Definition of joyful
Verb
  • The structure leans heavily on concrete, steel and glass, but it’s warmed by wood, basalt and marble finishes and by the way the house frames the surrounding terrain.
    — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026
  • The other examines how climate change altered the characteristics of the event that happened; for example, whether a hurricane produced more rainfall or a heat wave became hotter because the atmosphere has warmed.
    — Deepti Singh, The Conversation, 24 July 2026
Definition of warmed
Adjective
  • But Democrats did not view it as a good faith effort, and, feeling buoyed about their chances in the midterms, said Bondi further damaged her credibility with a party hoping to take the majority.
    — Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 12 Feb. 2026
  • The online hype faded but the stock stayed relatively buoyed.
    — Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 29 Dec. 2025
Definition of buoyed
Verb
  • At the reception, everyone sat at tables named for Italian directors and feasted on dishes like linguine with baby squid and soused trout by chef Antonino Cannavacciuolo.
    — Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
  • Brian Brobbey and Cody Gakpo feasted off low crosses to each score twice, punctuating this as the World Cup of cutbacks.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 11 July 2026
Definition of feasted
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