English edit

Etymology edit

un- +‎ gladden

Verb edit

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 []