gladsome
Full of delight
Gladsome means joyful or cheerful, an archaic or literary intensification of glad.
The suffix -some suggests fullness of the quality: a gladsome heart, gladsome tidings.
The word appears mostly in older poetry and hymns, rarely in contemporary speech.
Pleasantly bright in mood
jovial · ebullient · chipper · peppy · perky · vivacious · animated · effervescent
Feeling great happiness
- delightedFeeling great pleasure
- elatedIntensely, buoyantly pleased
- jubilantExtremely happy, triumphant
- overjoyedExtremely pleased, intensely glad
gleeful · blissful · exhilarated · euphoric · thrilled · rapturous · ecstatic · beaming
Free from anxiety
- blitheCheerfully indifferent
- blithesomeCheerfully lighthearted
- lightsomeCheerful and graceful
- insouciantCarefree and unconcerned
untroubled · devil-may-care · happy-go-lucky · easygoing · airy · buoyant · unburdened · unclouded
cheerful
Pleasantly bright in mood
genial · jovial · ebullient · chipper · peppy · perky · vivacious · animated · effervescent · sprightly
joyful
Feeling great happiness
- delightedFeeling great pleasure
- elatedIntensely, buoyantly pleased
- jubilantExtremely happy, triumphant
overjoyed · gleeful · blissful · exhilarated · euphoric · thrilled · rapturous · ecstatic · beaming · radiant
carefree
Free from anxiety
- blitheCheerfully indifferent
- blithesomeCheerfully lighthearted
- lightsomeCheerful and graceful
insouciant · untroubled · devil-may-care · happy-go-lucky · easygoing · airy · buoyant · unburdened · unclouded · serene
mirthful
Full of merriment
- jollyCheerful and lively
- gleefulFull of high-spirited joy
- frolicsomeInclined to merriment
playful · festive · convivial · rollicking · gamesome · sportive · laughing · giggling · grinning · smiling