ungladden

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ gladden.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive, nonce word) To take the gladness from.
    • 1903, Ambrose Bierce, From Virginia to Paris:
      Removed to alien scenes, amid the strife
      Of urban odors to ungladden life []