grateful

English

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Alternative forms

• gratefull (archaic)

Etymology

grate +‎ -ful, from Latin gratus (“pleasing, agreeable”) + -ful.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

grateful (comparative gratefuller or more grateful, superlative gratefullest or most grateful)

1. Showing appreciation, being thankful.

   I'm grateful that you helped me out. Is there any way I can repay you?

2. Recognizing the importance of a source of pleasure.
3. Pleasing, welcome.
   • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Skeleton in Armor:

     Fell I upon my spear, / Oh, death was grateful!

Synonyms

• thankful
• appreciative

Antonyms

• ungrateful

Derived terms

• gratefulness

Related terms

• gratitude

Translations

showing gratitude

Albanian: mirënjohës (sq) Czech: vděčný (cs) m. Finnish: kiitollinen (fi) French: reconnaissant (fr) German: dankbar (de) Greek: ευγνώμων (el) (evgnómon) m. and f. Hungarian: hálás (hu)

Italian: grato (it) Kurdish: مه‌منون Norwegian: takknemlig (no) Oriya: କୃତଜ୍ଞ (or) Polish: wdzięczny (pl) m. Portuguese: Gratidão (pt) f. Russian: благодарный (ru) (blagodárnyj), признательный (ru) (priznát'el'nyj) Spanish: agradecido (es)

recognizing the importance of a source of pleasure

Albanian: mirënjohës (sq) Finnish: kiitollinen (fi) French: reconnaissant (fr) German: wohltuend (de), zufrieden (de)

Greek: ευγνώμων (el) (evgnómon) m. and f. Russian: благодарный (ru) (blagodárnyj), признательный (ru) (priznát'el'nyj) Spanish: complacido (es)

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Japanese: 感謝している　(かんしゃしている, kanshashiteiru)

Portuguese: agradecido, grato

External links

• grateful in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• grateful in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• grateful at OneLook Dictionary Search