grateful
[ greyt-fuhl ]
/ ˈgreɪt fəl /
adjective
warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.
expressing or actuated by gratitude: a grateful letter.
pleasing to the mind or senses; agreeable or welcome; refreshing: a grateful breeze.
Origin of grateful
SYNONYMS FOR grateful
1 obliged,
indebted.
Grateful,
thankful describe an appreciative attitude for what one has received.
Grateful indicates a warm or deep appreciation of personal kindness as shown to one:
grateful for favors; grateful to one's neighbors for help in time of trouble.
Thankful indicates a disposition to express gratitude by giving thanks, as to a benefactor or to a merciful Providence; there is often a sense of deliverance as well as of appreciation:
thankful that one's life was spared in an accident; thankful for the comfort of one's general situation.
3 pleasant, gratifying, satisfying.
OTHER WORDS FROM grateful
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH grateful
grateful gratified (see synonym study at the current entry)Words nearby grateful
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Example sentences from the Web for grateful
British Dictionary definitions for grateful
grateful
/ (ˈɡreɪtfʊl) /
adjective
thankful for gifts, favours, etc; appreciative
showing gratitude
a grateful letter
favourable or pleasant
a grateful rest
Derived forms of grateful
gratefully, adverb gratefulness, nounWord Origin for grateful
C16: from obsolete
grate, from Latin
grātus +
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