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- Dictionarygrateful/ˈɡreɪtf(ʊ)l/
adjective
- 1. feeling or showing an appreciation for something done or received: "I'm grateful to you for all your help"
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showing or expressing thanks, esp. to another person: I’m grateful for your love and support. gratefully. adverb us / ˈɡreɪt·fə·li /
The meaning of GRATEFUL is appreciative of benefits received. How to use grateful in a sentence.
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.
If you are grateful for something that someone has given you or done for you, you have warm, friendly feelings towards them and wish to thank them. She was grateful to him for being so good to her. [ + to ]
1. warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: grateful for your help. 2. expressing gratitude: a grateful letter. 3. pleasing to the mind or senses: a grateful breeze. [1545–55; obsolete grate pleasing (< Latin grātus) + -ful] grate′ful•ly, adv. grate′ful•ness, n.
A person who is grateful feels or shows gratitude. If your neighbor brings you soup when you're sick, you'll be very grateful (unless you hate soup). Grateful comes from gratus, Latin for pleasing.
in acknowledgment of something. in debt to someone/something. indebtedness. mind. release. thank God, goodness, heaven (s), etc. idiom. thank your lucky stars idiom. thankfully. thankfulness. See more results » (Definition of gratitude from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Definition of grateful adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Feeling or expressing gratitude; thankful; appreciative. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Causing gratitude; welcome; pleasing. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Affording pleasure or comfort; agreeable. Grateful relief from the hot sun. American Heritage. Showing appreciation, being thankful. I'm grateful that you helped me out.
adjective. /ˈɡreɪtfl/. feeling or showing thanks because someone has done something kind for you or has done as you asked grateful (to somebody) (for something) I am extremely grateful to all the teachers for their help.
