ungladden

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verb

To take happiness from.

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dejectget downaggrieveattristbegloombegrievebesorrowgrieve
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Meanings

verbungladden (third-person singular simple present ungladdens, present participle ungladdening, simple past and past participle ungladdened)

present singular third person ungladdens · participle present ungladdening · participle past ungladdened · past ungladdened

  1. nonce wordtransitiveTo take happiness from.

    Removed to alien scenes, amid the strife Of urban odors to ungladden life […]

    1903, Ambrose Bierce, From Virginia to Paris

    Synonyms: deject, get down, aggrieve, attrist, begloom, begrieve, besorrow, grieve

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo take happiness from.

Similar
dejectget downaggrieveattristbegloombegrievebesorrowgrievepainbring downcome down oncontristatedarkendashdejectdepressdesolatedispiritengrieveforset
Also see
sadden

Origin

From un- + gladden.

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APA

ungladden. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ungladden

MLA

“ungladden.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ungladden. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ungladden,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ungladden.

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