gladsome
adjective
glad·some ˈglad-səm 
: giving or showing joy : cheerful
gladsome news
gladsomely adverb
gladsomeness noun
Synonyms
- blithe
- blithesome
- bright
- buoyant
- canty [British dialect]
- cheerful
- cheery
- chipper
- eupeptic
- gay
- lightsome
- sunny
- upbeat
- winsome
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
a gladsome group of carolers strolling through the city's historic district
Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
gladsomely
adverb
as in blithesomely
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- blithesomely
- lightheartedly
- friendly
- breezily
- sunnily
- blithely
- gladly
- laughingly
- joyfully
- joyously
- gigglingly
- friendlily
- amusedly
- exuberantly
- giddily
- amicably
- cheerfully
- jocularly
- hopefully
- jocosely
- merrily
- good-humoredly
- happily
- cheerily
- jovially
- good-naturedly
- sanguinely
- optimistically
- mirthfully
- heartily
- smilingly
- gayly
- blissfully
- brightly
- rapturously
- elatedly
- euphorically
- gaily
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- darkly
- heavily
- unhappily
- miserably
- morosely
- bleakly
- dejectedly
- disconsolately
- sorrowfully
- abjectly
- dispiritedly
- wretchedly
- cheerlessly
- dolefully
- mournfully
- sternly
- sourly
- plaintively
- forlornly
- despondently
- dourly
- sulkily
- glumly
- sullenly
- dismally
- pessimistically
- drearily
- gloomily
- blackly
- mirthlessly
- dolorously