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)

1. (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.