Glad happiness

Glad

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A small, quiet lift when something turns out the way you hoped, or a worry you were carrying comes to nothing.

In the body

  • Eyes softening
  • Shoulders easing down
  • A soft smile

Needs behind it

When these needs are met

EaseHopeReassurance

Softer and stronger

  1. Glad
  2. Pleased
  3. Cheerful
  4. Happy
  5. Delighted
  6. Joyful
  7. Radiant
  8. Blissful
  9. Ecstatic
  10. Elated

Often confused with

Happy

Glad is a small, often passing lift at one particular thing; happy is a broader, steadier sense that life is going well.

Pleased

Glad is a light lift at how things turned out; pleased adds a note of satisfaction, often about something you did or chose.

See also

Amused

Faux feelings that can hide this

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