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Antonyms for gladsome
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : glad-suh m |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈglæd səm |
- apathetic
- cheerless
- cloudy
- depressed
- depressing
- disagreeable
- down
- dull
- gloomy
- grave
- heavy
- heavy-hearted
- heavyhearted
- hopeless
- inactive
- lethargic
- lifeless
- melancholy
- miserable
- morose
- pale
- pessimistic
- sad
- serious
- sorrowful
- troubled
- unamusing
- unenthusiastic
- unfunny
- unhappy
- unpleasant
- upset
- woeful
- worried
Definition of gladsome
Origin :- late 14c., gladsum; see glad + -some (1).
- As in jolly : adj laughing, joyful
- As in joyful/joyous : adj happy
- As in blithe : adj happy
- As in joyful : adj happy
- As in blithesome : adj gay
- As in cheerful : adj happy
- It was a gladsome spectacle, and his eyes sparkled in beholding it.
- Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
- But, as Wordsworth reminds us, these ever-youthful waters have their gladsome notes.
- Extract from : « The Balladists » by John Geddie
- That any being on earth could be so gladsome puzzled him vaguely.
- Extract from : « Janet of the Dunes » by Harriet T. Comstock
- Filled with their gladsome minstrelsy the depths of leafy gloom.
- Extract from : « The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 » by Various
- His own active and gladsome mind had kept him happy among his occupations.
- Extract from : « Deerbrook » by Harriet Martineau
- Nobody ever stopped him in the street to say, with gladsome looks, 'My dear Scrooge, how are you?
- Extract from : « A Christmas Carol » by Charles Dickens
- It was all so gladsome, so beautiful, so free, that Joan laughed and skipped for joy.
- Extract from : « Two Little Travellers » by Frances Browne Arthur
- He had passed off in gladsome anticipation of the meeting there was to be.
- Extract from : « The Iron Ration » by George Abel Schreiner
- It is ever gladsome work to unfold the loving kindness of our God.
- Extract from : « A Bottle in the Smoke » by Milne Rae
- I like my May to be smiling and gladsome, not frowning and petulant.
- Extract from : « Dimbie and I--and Amelia » by Mabel Barnes-Grundy
Synonyms for gladsome
- airy
- animated
- blithe
- blithesome
- bouncy
- bright
- bucked
- buoyant
- carefree
- cheerful
- cheery
- chipper
- chirpy
- contented
- convivial
- daffy
- delighted
- delightful
- doing handsprings
- ecstatic
- effervescent
- elated
- enjoyable
- enlivening
- enraptured
- entertaining
- enthusiastic
- expansive
- festive
- flipping
- flying
- frolicsome
- full of pep
- funny
- gay
- glad
- gladsome
- gleeful
- good-humored
- good-natured
- gratified
- happy
- heartening
- hearty
- high
- high as a kite
- hilarious
- hopeful
- in good spirits
- in high spirits
- jaunty
- jocund
- jokey
- jolly
- joshing
- jovial
- joyful
- joyous
- jubilant
- larking
- lighthearted
- lightsome
- lively
- lots of laughs
- merry
- mirthful
- optimistic
- overjoyed
- peppy
- perky
- playful
- pleasant
- pleased
- pleasurable
- popping
- rapturous
- roseate
- rosy
- sanguine
- satisfied
- snappy
- sparkling
- sportive
- sprightly
- sunny
- sunny side up
- sunny-side up
- transported
- up
- upbeat
- vivacious
- winsome
- zappy
- zingy
- zippy
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