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thankfulness

thankfulness

7 3.2
A warm feeling when someone helps or shows they care
  • noun
  • /ˈθæŋkfəl.nəs/
translation icon : gratitud
  • At that moment, I felt a deep sense of thankfulness for all the support I received.

You start your day with thankfulness, with inspiration.

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Examples

  • We think of the great things we already have and, instead of taking them for granted, we express our thankfulness for them.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Gratitude and the art of thankfulness really are the nucleus of day-to-day joy for me.

    Blog text (28)

  • But none of that is really the point of my thankfulness today.

    Blog text (33)

  • Do you have a song of thankfulness in your heart?

    Blog text (33)

  • You start your day with thankfulness, with inspiration.

    Evan Carmichael

  • For me, November brings with it thoughts of thankfulness and giving back to the community.

    Blog text (19)

  • Feel a deep sense of joy and thankfulness for everything in your life.

    Blog text (16)

  • So do not say in grief that you are sorry he is gone but rather say in thankfulness you are grateful he was here.

    Belfast (2021)

  • Keys to a happy life are a sense of purpose and an attitude of thankfulness.

    Blog text (23)

  • November is the month of thankfulness, lots of entertaining, cooking, and piling too much on our plates.

    Blog text (8)

Synonyms

gratitude
vsthankfulness
240 2.7

A feeling of being thankful for something someone did

is the standard emotional term for that state
appreciation
vsthankfulness
121 3.0

An action or words that show you are grateful for help and kindness

is mainly the inner quality rather than external words or actions
debt of gratitude
vsthankfulness
16 3.6

A feeling of thanks that makes you want to repay someone who helped you

is a general positive feeling toward someone without any sense of owing them
gratefulness
vsthankfulness
4 2.0

A feeling of thanks for something kind someone has done

is mainly the inner quality rather than the outward display of feeling
appreciativeness
vsthankfulness
5.5

A warm feeling that shows you are thankful for help

is a broader feeling that can be neutral, not necessarily warm or friendly

Antonyms

ingratitude
7 7.2

A lack of thanks for help or kindness

thanklessness
7.3

A situation when people do not say thank you for someone's help

How Thankful

thankfulness
7 3.2
ingratitude
7 7.2

Surface Forms

thankfulness singular
thankfulnesses plural

Morphology

thankfulness = thankful (transparent) = thank + ful + ness

Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ness' to the adjective 'thankful', yielding 'the state of being thankful', a directly derivable meaning.

Etymology

Thankfulness comes from the old English word thank, which meant 'thought' or a 'good thought' and is like the German word 'Danke' for 'thanks'. So thankfulness is the -ness or 'state of being' of holding kind thoughts about someone, which is why it means being grateful.