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grateful

  (grāt'fəl) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Appreciative of benefits received; thankful.
  2. Expressing gratitude.
  3. Affording pleasure or comfort; agreeable.

[From obsolete grate, pleasing, from Latin grātus.]

gratefully grate'ful·ly adv.
gratefulness grate'ful·ness n.
 
 
Thesaurus: grateful

adjective

  1. Showing or feeling gratitude: appreciative, thankful. See grateful/ungrateful.
  2. To one's liking: agreeable, congenial, favorable, good, gratifying, nice, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, satisfying, welcome. See like/dislike.

 
Antonyms: grateful

adj

Definition: appreciative
Antonyms: heedless, thankless, unappreciative, ungrateful

adj

Definition: pleasing, nice
Antonyms: abusive, mean, rude, unwelcome


 
Word Tutor: grateful
pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Feeling thankful or showing thanks.

pronunciation The grateful heart sits at a continuous feast. — Unknown.

 
Misspellings: grateful

Common misspelling(s) of grateful

  • greatful

 
Translations: Grateful

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - taknemmelig, velgørende, behagelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
dankbaar, aangenaam

Français (French)
adj. - reconnaissant, heureux que, agréable (arch)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - dankbar

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ευγνώμων

Italiano (Italian)
riconoscente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - grato, agradável

Русский (Russian)
благодарный, приятный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - agradecido

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - tacksam, angenäm

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
感谢的, 受欢迎的, 感激的

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 感謝的, 受歡迎的, 感激的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 감사하는, 기분 좋은

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ありがたく思う, 謝意を表わす, ここちよい, 快い

idioms:

  • grateful for small mercies    不幸中の幸いと思う

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ممتن, شاكر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮אסיר תודה‬


 
 

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