About The Word Grateful
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Grateful
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What's The Definition Of Grateful?
[adj] feeling or showing gratitude; "a grateful heart"; "grateful for the tree's shade"; "a thankful smile"
[adj] affording comfort or pleasure; "the grateful warmth of the fire" Synonyms | Synonyms for Grateful: appreciative | glad | pleasant | thankful Related Terms | Find terms related to Grateful: acceptable | acknowledging | affable | agreeable | amiable | amicable | appreciative | beholden | blissful | cheerful | cognizant of | comforting | compatible | complaisant | congenial | consoling | cordial | crediting | delectable | delicious | delightful | desirable | dulcet | en rapport | enjoyable | fair | fair and pleasant | favorable | felicific | felicitous | fine | genial | good | goodly | gracious | gratified | gratifying | harmonious | heart-warming | honeyed | indebted to | likable | mellifluous | mellow | much obliged | nice | obliged | pleasant | pleased | pleasing | pleasurable | pleasureful | pleasure-giving | refreshing | rejuvenating | restorative | restoring | rewarding | satisfying | sensible | sweet | thankful | under obligation | welcome See Also | Grateful In Webster's Dictionary \Grate"ful\, a. [Grate, a. + full; cf. F. gr['e]
thanks, good will, fr. L. gratum, neut. of gratus agreeable,
grateful. See {Grate}, a.]
1. Having a due sense of benefits received; kindly disposed
toward one from whom a favor has been received; willing to
acknowledge and repay, or give thanks for, benefits; as, a
grateful heart.
A grateful mind By owing, owes not, but still pays.
--Milton.
2. Affording pleasure; pleasing to the senses; gratifying;
delicious; as, a grateful present; food grateful to the
palate; grateful sleep.
Now golden fruits on loaded branches shine, And
grateful clusters swell. --Pope.
Syn: Thankful; pleasing; acceptable; gratifying; agreeable;
welcome; delightful; delicious. -- {Grate"ful*ly}, adv.
-- {Grate"ful*ness}, n.
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