Associations to the word «Gladdened»

Wiktionary

GLADDEN, verb. (transitive) To cause (something) to become more glad.
GLADDEN, verb. (intransitive) (archaic) To become more glad in one's disposition.

Dictionary definition

GLADDEN, verb. Make glad or happy.
GLADDEN, verb. Become glad or happy.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats