unglad

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adjective

Not glad; unhappy, joyless.

OriginMiddle English unglad ← Old English unglæd ← Proto-West Germanic *unglad →
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Meanings

adjectiveunglad (comparative more unglad, superlative most unglad)

comparative more unglad · superlative most unglad

  1. Not glad; unhappy, joyless.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
sadungladdened

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*ungladaz
  2. Proto-West Germanic*unglad
  3. Old Englishunglæd
  4. Middle Englishunglad
  5. Englishunglad

From Middle English unglad, from Old English unglæd, from Proto-West Germanic *unglad, from Proto-Germanic *ungladaz, equivalent to un- + glad. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uunglääd, West Frisian ûnglêd, Dutch onglad, German Low German ungladd, German unglatt, Danish uglad, Swedish oglad, Icelandic óglaður.

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APA

unglad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unglad

MLA

“unglad.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unglad. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unglad,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unglad.

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