Synonyms for gladsome

Grammar : Adj

Spell : glad-suh m

Phonetic Transcription : ˈglæd səm

Top 10 synonyms for gladsome

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Définition 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

Example sentences :

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

Antonyms for gladsome

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