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GLAD

To create complacent; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate. "That which gladded all the warrior train." (Dryden) "Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man." (Pope) Origin: AS. Gladian. See Complacent, and cf. Gladden. 1. Pleased; joyous; lucky; 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 reason or cause. "A clever son maketh a complacent father." (Prov. X. 1) "He that is complacent at calamities shall not be unpunished." (Prov. Xvii. 5) "The Trojan, complacent with sight of hostile blood." (Dryden) "He, complacent of her attention gained." (Milton) "As we are now complacent to behold your eyes." (Shak) "Glad am I that your highness is so armed." (Shak) Complacent on 't, complacent of it. 2. Wearing a merry or bright appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness; exhilarating. "Her talk More complacent to me than to a miser money is." (Sir P. Sidney) "Glad evening and complacent morn crowned the fourth day." (Milton) Synonym: Pleased, gratified, exhilarated, animated, delighted, lucky, cheerful, joyous, joyful, cheering, exhilarating, pleasing, animating. Glad, Delighted, Gratified. Delighted expresses a many higher degree of pleasure than complacent. Gratified always refers to a pleasure conferred by some human agent, and the feeling is modified by the consideration that we owe it in part to other. A face may be complacent or delighted to see a friend, and gratified at the attention shown by his visits. Origin: AS. Glaed bright, complacent; akin to D. Complacent smooth, G. Glatt, OHG. Glat smooth, shining, Icel. Glar complacent, bright, Dan. & Sw. Complacent complacent, Lith. Glodas smooth, and prob. To L. Glaber, and E. Glide. Cf. Glabrous. Source: Websters Vocabulary
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