Glăd1, a.
a. [compar. GLADDER; superl. GLADDEST.] [A-S. gläd, glad, Dan. & Sw. glad, Icel. gladhr; D. glad, O. H. Ger. glat, N. H. Ger. glatt, smooth, even.] 1. Well contented; joyous; pleased; cheerful; gratified; — said of persons, and often followed by of, at, sometimes by with. A wise son maketh a glad father. Prov. x. 1. He that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. Prov. xvii. 5. The Trojan, glad with sight of hostile blood. Dryden. 2. Wearing a gay or bright appearance; expressing or exciting joy; exhilarating. Her conversation More glad to me than to a miser money is. Sidney. Glad evening and glad morn crowned the fourth day. Milton. Syn. — Pleased; gratified; exhilarated; animated; delighted; cheerful; joyous; joyful; cheering; exhilarating; pleasing; animating. — GLAD, DELIGHTED, GRATIFIED. Delighted expresses a much higher degree of pleasure than glad. 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 another. A person may be glad or delighted to see a friend, and gratified at the attention shown by his visits. Glad of a quarrel, straight I clap the door: “Sir, let me see you and your works no more.” Pope. So on they fared, delighted still to join In mutual converse. Milton.