grateful
[ greyt-fuhl ]
/ ˈgreɪt fəl /
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Origin of grateful
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1. 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.
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British Dictionary definitions for grateful
grateful
/ (ˈɡreɪtfʊl) /
adjective
thankful for gifts, favours, etc; appreciative
showing gratitudea grateful letter
favourable or pleasanta grateful rest
Derived forms of grateful
gratefully, adverbgratefulness, nounWord Origin for grateful
C16: from obsolete grate, from Latin grātus + -ful
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