In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Making contributions to your science may provide benefits to both science and agriculture, but your principal reward will be your own personalgladdening.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I recalled also how far more frequently than thatgladdeningphenomenon, the people of that region saw derelict furnaces, derelict villages, and derelict men.
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