grateful
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3.0
- adjective
- /ˈɡreɪt̬fəl/
:
reconfortante
- Premier, I am most grateful you have agreed to meet me at this time.
Examples
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My house is obscured by distance and the strengthening rains, and I'm grateful for the rain now.
Fiction book (1995) -
In this week of Thanksgiving there is much for which we can be grateful as we look back to where we stood only four weeks ago.
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- I am very grateful for everything you did for me.
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"It's okay," she said, looking down into the dog's dark, grateful eyes.
Fiction book (2000) -
So I put my phone away and drew my sweater tight, grateful that the morning was cool and gray.
Blog text (25) -
I was so, so happy and so grateful to get that waitressing job.
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If you'd transfer all you can lay your hands on into this account, I'd be most grateful.
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Bev heaved a long, grateful sigh as the elevator doors opened.
Fiction book (1990) -
The other horses crossed the stream, and surely they were grateful as its coolness lapped at swollen ankles.
Fiction book (1997) -
I was grateful for the delicious meal that my friend prepared for me.
Synonyms
314
1.0
Giving a gentle feeling of enjoyment
Antonyms
How Pleasant
Surface Forms
Morphology
grateful = grat + ful
Same morphological makeup as sense 1: '-ful' conveys 'full of' but the root form 'grat' is not a common standalone English word meaning 'thanks', so learners may not derive the sense directly.
Etymology
Grateful also comes from the Latin gratus, 'pleasing', and that is why the word can describe something that gives comfort or pleasure. So a 'grateful' heat or shade is one that feels welcome and pleasant.