Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to glad
Participle: gladded
Gerund: gladding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | glad |
| you | glad |
| he;she;it | glads |
| we | glad |
| you | glad |
| they | glad |
Perfect
| I | have gladded |
| you | have gladded |
| he;she;it | has gladded |
| we | have gladded |
| you | have gladded |
| they | have gladded |
Past
| I | gladded |
| you | gladded |
| he;she;it | gladded |
| we | gladded |
| you | gladded |
| they | gladded |
Pluperfect
| I | had gladded |
| you | had gladded |
| he;she;it | had gladded |
| we | had gladded |
| you | had gladded |
| they | had gladded |
Future
| I | will glad |
| you | will glad |
| he;she;it | will glad |
| we | will glad |
| you | will glad |
| they | will glad |
Future Perfect
| I | will have gladded |
| you | will have gladded |
| he;she;it | will have gladded |
| we | will have gladded |
| you | will have gladded |
| they | will have gladded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | glad |
| you | glad |
| he;she;it | glad |
| we | glad |
| you | glad |
| they | glad |
Perfect
| I | have gladded |
| you | have gladded |
| he;she;it | have gladded |
| we | have gladded |
| you | have gladded |
| they | have gladded |
Imperfect
| I | gladded |
| you | gladded |
| he;she;it | gladded |
| we | gladded |
| you | gladded |
| they | gladded |
Pluperfect
| I | had gladded |
| you | had gladded |
| he;she;it | had gladded |
| we | had gladded |
| you | had gladded |
| they | had gladded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would glad |
| you | would glad |
| he;she;it | would glad |
| we | would glad |
| you | would glad |
| they | would glad |
Perfect
| I | would have gladded |
| you | would have gladded |
| he;she;it | would have gladded |
| we | would have gladded |
| you | would have gladded |
| they | would have gladded |
Imperative
| you | glad |
| we | Let's glad |
| you | glad |
Verbs conjugated like 'glad'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'glad'
clad,
gad,
glam,
goad,
bad,
bead,
blab,
blade,
blag,
blah,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 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”).
2. 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.
Sample Sentences
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that which gladded all the warrior train [1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:]
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Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man. [1725, Homer, “Book VII”, in [Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume II, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:]
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God that glads the lover's heart [1922, A. E. Housman, Epithalamium, line 3:]