gladness

«gladness» in Mova's school dictionary: A feeling of being happy and joyful — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (gladness; uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

A feeling of being happy and joyful. tree →

sense in the lessons

Found in stories, poems, hymns and the Bible: «serve the Lord with gladness». It tells the reader of a warm, gentle joy. Phrases: with gladness, full of gladness, joy and gladness.

examples

• Her heart was full of gladness when her brother came home. tree →
• The children sang with gladness on the last day of school. tree →
• The psalm says, «Serve the Lord with gladness.» tree →
• There was great gladness in the village after the rain came. tree →
• He felt a quiet gladness as he watched the sunrise. tree →
• Joy and gladness filled the room at the wedding. tree →
• Then there was joy and gladness. tree →

note

Uncountable: no plural. Slightly old-fashioned or poetic; in everyday speech people say «happiness» or «joy». Opposite: sadness, sorrow.

In the corpora

• Psalm 100 calls all the earth to «make a joyful noise» and to worship God with gladness and thanks.
• Is not the food cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
• Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than when their corn and their wine increase.
• Thou didst turn for me my mourning into dancing; Thou didst loose my sackcloth, and gird me with gladness;
• They shall be led with gladness and rejoicing; they shall enter into the king's palace.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «gladness» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.