Home › Words › U › ungladdenungladdenungladden means to take the gladness from.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, ungladden ranks #13,407 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom un- + gladden.verbTo take the gladness from.e.g.“Removed to alien scenes, amid the strife Of urban odors to ungladden life […]” — 1903, Ambrose Bierce, From Virginia to Paris:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.gladden 67% match — To cause (something) to become more glad. vs ungladden →engladden 67% match — To gladden, to render glad. vs ungladden →ungladsome 67% match — Not gladsome. vs ungladden →begladden 65% match — To gladden about or all over; make glad; overjoy. vs ungladden →sadden 63% match — To make sad or unhappy. vs ungladden →gladdening 61% match — A becoming glad. vs ungladden →undelight 61% match — The condition or feeling of lacking delight; unhappiness or displeasure. vs ungladden →unsadden 61% match — To relieve from sadness; to cheer up. vs ungladden →