gladden someone's heart
English
Verb
gladden someone's heart (third-person singular simple present gladdens someone's heart, present participle gladdening someone's heart, simple past and past participle gladdened someone's heart)
- (dated) Synonym of warm someone's heart
- Synonym: warm the cockles of someone's heart
Further reading
- “warm gladden someone s heart” (US) / “warm gladden someone s heart” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “gladden someone's heart”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “gladden the heart”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “gladden someones heart”, in Collins English Dictionary.
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