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GLADSOMENESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gladsomeness mean?
• GLADSOMENESS (noun)
The noun GLADSOMENESS has 1 sense:
1. experiencing joy and pleasure
Familiarity information: GLADSOMENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Experiencing joy and pleasure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
gladfulness; gladness; gladsomeness
Hypernyms ("gladsomeness" is a kind of...):
happiness (emotions experienced when in a state of well-being)
Derivation:
gladsome (experiencing or expressing gladness or joy)
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