gladness

noun. celebration

Word Origin & History

Old English glædnes; see glad + -ness.

This has been such a sweet, happy wedding that we mustn't spoil its gladness.

The little squirrel had squeaked his gladness, and, tail erect, had darted into the grass.

She was good, and she had been anointed with the oil of gladness.

Anshar looked upon him and his heart was filled with gladness.

All the gladness seemed to have been taken out of the homecoming.

Her ingenuous innocence did not conceal her gladness at seeing me!

Every spring-fountain of gladness about us is his making and his delight.

We poured out of school with the gladness of a holiday in our hearts.

Sad recollections of all that had been, of sorrow or gladness.

Yet his gladness was not as apparent to others as it should, by all that was consistent, have been.