单词 | thankful |
释义 | thankful (once / 306 pages) adj On Thanksgiving, we remember to be thankful, showing and feeling our thanks for the meal and company in front of us. When you are thankful, you're full of thanks. It's a word that expresses either a feeling or showing of gratitude. You can be thankful that the long week is over, or you can give a thankful smile to your boss when she says you can leave a few hours early. WORD FAMILYthankful: thankfuler, thankfully, thankfulness, unthankful+/thank: thanked, thankful, thanking, thankless, thanks/thankless: thanklessly/unthankful: unthankfully USAGE EXAMPLES“I am thankful to be a part of it.’ Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) Pessimism and cynicism are, in fact, irrational responses to a year that brought real lows — but also much to be thankful about. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Convention suggests that the most normal and appropriate response from me would be a display of gratitude, but I wasn’t thankful. Salon(Dec 30, 2016) adj feeling or showing gratitude a thankful smile Syn|Ant grateful appreciative feeling or expressive of gratitude gladfeeling happy appreciation thankless, ungrateful, unthankful not feeling or showing gratitude unappreciativenot feeling or expressing gratitude |
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