gladden someone's heart

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gladden someone's heart

verb gladdens someone's heart · gladdening someone's heart · gladdened someone's heart

dated Synonym of warm someone's heart.
Similar: warm the cockles of someone's heart, beatify, enrapture, begladden, blissen, bright, cheer, fetch, cheer up, cherish, content, delight

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@misc{gladden_someone_s_heart_2026,
  title = {gladden someone's heart},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gladden%20someone's%20heart},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}