1. (adj)gladiolus, gladiola, glad, sword lily any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated Synonyms: corpus sternum, flag, gladiola, gladiolus, sword lily, glad, fleur-de-lis, iris Antonyms: tragicomical, melancholic, melancholy, bittersweet, depressing, cheerless, heavyhearted, tragic, wistful, tragicomic, tragical, pensive, unthankful, mournful, thankless, uncheerful, sad, unwilling, ungrateful, doleful
2. (adj)glad showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy Synonyms: happy, beaming Antonyms: unwilling, depressing, unthankful, tragical, melancholy, tragicomical, pensive, melancholic, mournful, heavyhearted, tragic, ungrateful, cheerless, thankless, bittersweet, sad, doleful, uncheerful, tragicomic, wistful
3. (adj)glad, happy eagerly disposed to act or to be of service Synonyms: happy, glad, felicitous, beaming, well-chosen Antonyms: tragicomic, cheerless, doleful, melancholic, depressing, heavyhearted, mournful, pensive, sad, tragic, ungrateful, melancholy, bittersweet, tragical, unthankful, thankless, unwilling, wistful, tragicomical, uncheerful
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