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# gladdened

«gladdened» in Mova's school dictionary: **made happy or glad** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (past form of gladden)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Gladdened means made happy or glad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gladdened/#m1)

2) Gladdened is also used of the eyes or heart, meaning filled with joy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gladdened/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a good sign or piece of news gladdened the heart of the one who had waited; the word shows joy that has come at last

### examples

- The good news gladdened his heart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gladdened/#x1)
- We were gladdened by the rain after the long dry summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gladdened/#x2)
- Her eyes were gladdened by the sight of the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gladdened/#x3)
- The king was gladdened when his son came home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gladdened/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [Vexation is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart may be gladdened.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.125/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gladdened» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gladdened/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.