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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.

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adj

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

adj

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

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IN BRIEF: Full of thanks.

pronunciation They gratefully accepted the food after their long hike in the woods.

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  • greatful

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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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