gladdening

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of gladden

plural gladdenings

1. countableuncountableA becoming glad.

   After the buoyancy and gladdenings of her joyous welcome had subsided, she requested that he would make a point of coming to her ball — the same to which Miss Cunningham and her aunt were invited.

   1822, John Galt, Sir Andrew Wylie, of that ilk, page 101

comparative more gladdening · superlative most gladdening

1. Causing feelings of gladness.

   Now, the cheerful sun looks in mockingly; we rejoice not in the face of day; it brings not hope, but memory to our minds; and we only watch the gladdening beams to think that they are shining on the narrow grave.

   1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 1