Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to gladden
Participle: gladdened
Gerund: gladdening
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | gladden |
| you | gladden |
| he;she;it | gladdens |
| we | gladden |
| you | gladden |
| they | gladden |
Perfect
| I | have gladdened |
| you | have gladdened |
| he;she;it | has gladdened |
| we | have gladdened |
| you | have gladdened |
| they | have gladdened |
Past
| I | gladdened |
| you | gladdened |
| he;she;it | gladdened |
| we | gladdened |
| you | gladdened |
| they | gladdened |
Pluperfect
| I | had gladdened |
| you | had gladdened |
| he;she;it | had gladdened |
| we | had gladdened |
| you | had gladdened |
| they | had gladdened |
Future
| I | will gladden |
| you | will gladden |
| he;she;it | will gladden |
| we | will gladden |
| you | will gladden |
| they | will gladden |
Future Perfect
| I | will have gladdened |
| you | will have gladdened |
| he;she;it | will have gladdened |
| we | will have gladdened |
| you | will have gladdened |
| they | will have gladdened |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | gladden |
| you | gladden |
| he;she;it | gladden |
| we | gladden |
| you | gladden |
| they | gladden |
Perfect
| I | have gladdened |
| you | have gladdened |
| he;she;it | have gladdened |
| we | have gladdened |
| you | have gladdened |
| they | have gladdened |
Imperfect
| I | gladdened |
| you | gladdened |
| he;she;it | gladdened |
| we | gladdened |
| you | gladdened |
| they | gladdened |
Pluperfect
| I | had gladdened |
| you | had gladdened |
| he;she;it | had gladdened |
| we | had gladdened |
| you | had gladdened |
| they | had gladdened |
Conditional
Present
| I | would gladden |
| you | would gladden |
| he;she;it | would gladden |
| we | would gladden |
| you | would gladden |
| they | would gladden |
Perfect
| I | would have gladdened |
| you | would have gladdened |
| he;she;it | would have gladdened |
| we | would have gladdened |
| you | would have gladdened |
| they | would have gladdened |
Imperative
| you | gladden |
| we | Let's gladden |
| you | gladden |
Verbs conjugated like 'gladden'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'gladden'
gladder,
gladen,
badden,
begladden,
bladder,
engladden,
garden,
glassen,
ladder,
madden,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From glad + -en.
Sample Sentences
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A balmy night! and tho' the stars be dim, / Yet let us think upon the vernal showers / That gladden the green earth, and we shall find / A pleasure in the dimness of the stars. [1798, William Wordsworth, The Nightingale:]
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Her body was bent by age; her limbs trembled with palsy; her face, distorted into a mumbling leer, resembled more the grotesque shaping of some wild pencil, than the work of Nature's hand. Alas! How few of Nature's faces are left alone to gladden us with their beauty! [1838, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist:]