gratefulness

American  

[greyt-fuhl-nis] / ˈgreɪt fəl nɪs /

noun

1. warm and deep appreciation for kindness received; gratitude or thankfulness.

   After working as a doctor in parts of Africa, I feel a new-found respect and gratefulness for the healthcare we receive here.

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Other Word Forms

• overgratefulness
  noun

Etymology

Origin of gratefulness

grateful ( def. ) + -ness ( def. )

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Example Sentences

It was the opening rally in a "Month of National Gratefulness to Duvalier," and the speaker was a henchman of Haiti's Dictator.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gratefulness: "Thou, that hast given so much to me, Give one thing more, a grateful heart."

From Notes and Queries, Number 53, November 2, 1850 by Various

As to his other affairs, he died poor, but honest, leaving no Debts, or Legacies; except of a few p’ds to Mr. Trumbull 61and my Lady, in token of respect, Gratefulness, and mutual Esteem.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II by Johnson, Samuel