1. Adjective form
Pleased; joyous; happy; cheerful; gratified; -- opposed to sorry, sorrowful, or unhappy; -- said of persons, and often followed by of, at, that, or by the infinitive, and sometimes by with, introducing the cause or reason.
2. Adjective form
Wearing a gay or bright appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness; exhilarating.
3. Verb
To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate.
4. Verb
To be glad; to rejoice.
5. Noun
any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated
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