Usually means: Making someone feel happy, joyful.
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  1. gladdening: Merriam-Webster
  2. gladdening: Collins English Dictionary
  3. gladdening: Vocabulary.com
  4. gladdening: Wordnik
  5. gladdening: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. gladdening: Wiktionary
  7. Gladdening, gladdening: Dictionary.com
  8. gladdening: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Gladdening: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Gladdening: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. gladdening: FreeDictionary.org
  12. gladdening: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (gladdening)

▸ noun:  A becoming glad.
▸ adjective:  Causing feelings of gladness.

Similar:
joy, gladdener, gladsomeness, blessing, gladness, exhilaration, good tidings, gleefulness, glad tidings, glad-handing, more...

Types:
heartening, encouraging, uplifting, reassuring, comforting, more...

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Similar:
joy, gladdener, gladsomeness, blessing, gladness, exhilaration, good tidings, gleefulness, glad tidings, glad-handing, more...

Types:
heartening, encouraging, uplifting, reassuring, comforting, more...



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