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grateful
grate·ful G0237200 (grāt′fəl)adj.1. Appreciative of benefits received; thankful: I'm grateful for your help.2. Expressing gratitude: a grateful look.3. Affording pleasure or comfort; agreeable: grateful relief from the hot sun.
[From obsolete grate, pleasing, from Latin grātus; see gwerə- in Indo-European roots.]
grate′ful·ly adv.grate′ful·ness n.grateful (ˈɡreɪtfʊl) adj1. thankful for gifts, favours, etc; appreciative2. showing gratitude: a grateful letter. 3. favourable or pleasant: a grateful rest. [C16: from obsolete grate, from Latin grātus + -ful] ˈgratefully adv ˈgratefulness ngrate•ful (ˈgreɪt fəl)
adj. 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. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | grateful - feeling or showing gratitude; "a grateful heart"; "grateful for the tree's shade"; "a thankful smile"thankfulthankless, ungrateful, unthankful - not feeling or showing gratitude; "ungrateful heirs"; "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!"- Shakespeare | | 2. | grateful - affording comfort or pleasure; "the grateful warmth of the fire"pleasant - affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings; "we had a pleasant evening together"; "a pleasant scene"; "pleasant sensations" |
gratefuladjective thankful, obliged, in (someone's) debt, indebted, appreciative, beholden She was grateful to him for all his help.gratefuladjective1. Showing or feeling gratitude:appreciative, thankful.2. To one's liking:agreeable, congenial, favorable, good, gratifying, nice, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, satisfying, welcome.Translationsgrateful (ˈgreitful) adjective feeling thankful. I am grateful to you for your help. 感謝的 感谢的ˈgratefully adverbShe accepted his offer gratefully. 感謝地 感谢地grateful
be grateful for small blessingsTo appreciate small or minor benefits, advantages, or opportunities one is afforded, particularly in the midst of an otherwise difficult, frustrating, or unfortunate situation or circumstance. My car's air conditioning stopped working two hours into my cross-country road trip across America. The radio still works, though, so I guess I should be grateful for small blessings. Our son's accident left him without the use of his right eye; we're just grateful for small blessings that he still has the use of his left one.See also: blessing, grateful, smallbe grateful for small merciesTo appreciate small or minor benefits, advantages, or opportunities one is afforded, particularly in the midst of an otherwise difficult, frustrating, or unfortunate situation or circumstance. My car's air conditioning stopped working two hours into my cross-country road trip across America. The radio still works, though, so I guess I should be grateful for small mercies. Our son's accident left him without the use of his right eye; we're just grateful for small mercies that he still has the use of his left one.See also: grateful, mercy, smallbe grateful for small mercies or be thankful for small mercies COMMON If you are grateful for small mercies or are thankful for small mercies in a generally bad situation, you are glad about any aspects of it that are good. He is still receiving some money — the modest sum earmarked for young athletes — and is grateful for small mercies. In these difficult times, one can only be thankful for small mercies — that borrowing costs are relatively low. Note: People sometimes say thank heavens for small mercies or thank God for small mercies to show that they are glad about any good aspects of a generally bad situation. She is now serving a 12-month prison sentence and the baby is with her parents. Thank heavens for small mercies.See also: grateful, mercy, smallbe grateful/thankful for small ˈmercies be happy that a bad situation is not even worse: The thieves took the TV and stereo but didn’t take any jewellery, so let’s be thankful for small mercies.See also: grateful, mercy, small, thankfulgrateful
Synonyms for gratefuladj thankfulSynonyms- thankful
- obliged
- in (someone's) debt
- indebted
- appreciative
- beholden
Synonyms for gratefuladj showing or feeling gratitudeSynonymsadj to one's likingSynonyms- agreeable
- congenial
- favorable
- good
- gratifying
- nice
- pleasant
- pleasing
- pleasurable
- satisfying
- welcome
Synonyms for gratefuladj feeling or showing gratitudeSynonymsAntonyms- thankless
- ungrateful
- unthankful
adj affording comfort or pleasureRelated Words |