grate´ful|ness

grate´ful|ness
grate|ful «GRAYT fuhl», adjective.
1. feeling kindly because of a favor received; wanting to do a favor in return; thankful: »

I am grateful for your help.

2. pleasing; welcome: »

A breeze is grateful on a hot day, a fire on a cold one.

╂[< obsolete grate agreeable (< Latin grātus pleasing) + -ful]
–grate´ful|ly, adverb.
–grate´ful|ness, noun.
Synonym Study 1 Grateful, thankful mean feeling or expressing gratitude. Grateful emphasizes recognizing and gladly acknowledging favors or kindness shown to one by others: »

I am grateful to the friends who have helped me.

Thankful emphasizes giving thanks to some higher being or power, fate, or some force of nature, for one's good fortune: »

We are thankful for this bountiful harvest. He was thankful that his son had not been harmed. I am thankful that I have good friends.


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  • un|grate´ful|ness — un|grate|ful «uhn GRAYT fuhl», adjective. 1. not grateful; not thankful: »an ungrateful person. 2. displaying lack of gratitude: »an ungrateful silence. 3. unpleasant; disagreeable; distasteful: »an ungrateful task …   Useful english dictionary

  • grate´ful|ly — grate|ful «GRAYT fuhl», adjective. 1. feeling kindly because of a favor received; wanting to do a favor in return; thankful: »I am grateful for your help. 2. pleasing; welcome: »A breeze is grateful on a hot day, a fire on a cold one. ╂[<… …   Useful english dictionary

  • grate|ful — «GRAYT fuhl», adjective. 1. feeling kindly because of a favor received; wanting to do a favor in return; thankful: »I am grateful for your help. 2. pleasing; welcome: »A breeze is grateful on a hot day, a fire on a cold one. ╂[< obsolete grate …   Useful english dictionary

  • un|grate´ful|ly — un|grate|ful «uhn GRAYT fuhl», adjective. 1. not grateful; not thankful: »an ungrateful person. 2. displaying lack of gratitude: »an ungrateful silence. 3. unpleasant; disagreeable; distasteful: »an ungrateful task …   Useful english dictionary

  • un|grate|ful — «uhn GRAYT fuhl», adjective. 1. not grateful; not thankful: »an ungrateful person. 2. displaying lack of gratitude: »an ungrateful silence. 3. unpleasant; disagreeable; distasteful: »an ungrateful task …   Useful english dictionary

  • grate — chaul·moo·grate; con·fla·grate; def·la·grate; den·i·grate; em·i·grate; grate·ful; grate·ful·ly; grate·ful·ness; grate·less; grate; im·mi·grate; mi·grate; trans·mi·grate; in·grate; in·te·grate; re·din·te·grate; re·grate; in·grate·ly; …   English syllables

  • gratefulness — grate·ful·ness …   English syllables

  • grateful — grate•ful [[t]ˈgreɪt fəl[/t]] adj. 1) warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: grateful for your help[/ex] 2) expressing gratitude: a grateful letter[/ex] 3) pleasing to the mind or senses: a grateful breeze[/ex]… …   From formal English to slang

  • Grateful — Grate ful, a. [Grate, a. + full; cf. F. gr[ e] thanks, good will, fr. L. gratum, neut. of gratus agreeable, grateful. See {Grate}, a.] 1. Having a due sense of benefits received; kindly disposed toward one from whom a favor has been received;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Gratefully — Grateful Grate ful, a. [Grate, a. + full; cf. F. gr[ e] thanks, good will, fr. L. gratum, neut. of gratus agreeable, grateful. See {Grate}, a.] 1. Having a due sense of benefits received; kindly disposed toward one from whom a favor has been… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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