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English
Etymology
From un- + gladden.
Verb
ungladden (third-person singular simple present ungladdens, present participle ungladdening, simple past and past participle ungladdened)
- (transitive, nonce word) To take the gladness from.
- Synonyms: deject, get down; see also Thesaurus:sadden
1903, Ambrose Bierce, From Virginia to Paris:Removed to alien scenes, amid the strife
Of urban odors to ungladden life […]