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

1545–55; obsolete grate pleasing (< Latin grātus) + -ful

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)

Example sentences from the Web for gratefully

British Dictionary definitions for gratefully

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, noun

Word Origin for grateful

C16: from obsolete grate, from Latin grātus + -ful