grateful

grate-ful · adjective

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Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Feeling or showing appreciation for something done or received.

  2. 2.

    (formal) Received with gratitude; giving pleasure.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    be grateful for — to appreciate something
  • •
    eternally grateful — extremely thankful
  • •
    would be grateful if — a polite way to make a request

Related words

Antonyms: thankless, unappreciative, ungrateful
See also: appreciate, gratitude, thankful
Synonyms: appreciative, indebted, obliged, thankful

Etymology

From obsolete grate ("pleasing"), from Latin gratus ("pleasing, thankful") + suffix "-ful."