glad tidings
Welcome positive announcements
Glad tidings is a formal or literary expression for good news, often with religious or ceremonial overtones: The angel brought glad tidings of great joy.
The phrase sounds deliberately old-fashioned in modern use, sometimes deployed for ironic effect or gentle mockery: I come bearing glad tidings—the meeting's been canceled.
- good newsFavorable information received
- giftItem given freely
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- announcementPublic declaration of information
- cheerJoyfulness or encouragement
happy news · joy · gospel · compliments · salvation · happiness · delight · letter · annunciation · declaration · proclamation · herald · evangel · good · good word · good fortune · broadcast · Christmas
- seasonal greetingsmerry Christmas, season's greetings, happy Hanukkah, happy Kwanzaa, best wishes
- music to someone's earsgood news, happy news, praise, compliment, kind words
- Christmas Worshipmidnight mass, nativity, Christmas Eve service, Christmas carols, candlelight service