gladness

/ˈɡlædnəs/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈɡlædnəs/ (ame, ipa)

gladness — noun

1. a feeling of warm happiness, often shown openly because something pleasant or ho

1.名詞C1
釋義

a feeling of warm happiness, often shown openly because something pleasant or hoped-for has happened.

例句

Hugo could not hide his gladness when his sister arrived from Madrid after two years.

gladness + when-clause for cause of the feeling

The whole village greeted the morning rain with gladness after the long dry summer.

with gladness as a manner phrase

同義詞
  • joy

    more intense and more common in everyday speech

  • delight

    stronger, often sparked by a specific surprise or pleasure

  • happiness

    the everyday neutral term; gladness is more formal and momentary

反義詞
  • sorrow

    the literary opposite, suited to the same register

  • sadness

    the everyday opposite; lower register than gladness itself

文法句型

with gladness

gladness at + noun

用法筆記

Uncountable and noticeably more literary than 'happiness' or 'joy' — common in speeches, religious texts, letters, and reflective writing rather than daily conversation.

常見錯誤

❌I felt many gladnesses today.
✅I felt a lot of gladness today.
💡gladness is uncountable; do not pluralise it.
❌She told us with gladness voice.
✅She told us with gladness in her voice.
💡the noun does not work as a modifier; use a prepositional phrase.