gladness

Plural: gladnesses

Noun

• The state or feeling of being glad.
• experiencing joy and pleasure
• The state of being glad; joy.

Examples

• The GLADNESS of completing a challenging bingo filled her with joy.

Synonyms

gladfulness, gladsomeness, blitheness, blithesomeness, cheerfulness, cheeriness, contentedness, contentness, delight, delightedness, elatedness, elation, exuberance, exuberantness, felicity, gaiety, gayfulness, gayness, gladness, glee, gleefulness, gleesomeness, happiness, high spirits, hilarity, jolliness, jollity, joviality, jovialness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, liss, merriment, merriness, mirth, mirthfulness, pleasedness