Grateful
/ˈɡɹeɪtf(ʊ)l/ adj
adj ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful.
"I’m grateful that you helped me out."
- 2 Of a thing or (obsolete) person: pleasing to the mind or senses; agreeable, pleasant, welcome. archaic
"[T]his is a guift / Very gratefull, I am ſure of it, to expreſſe / The like kindneſſe my ſelfe, that haue beene / More kindely beholding to you then any: […]"
Adjective
- 1 feeling or showing gratitude wordnet
- 2 affording comfort or pleasure wordnet
Example
More examples"I am very grateful to you for your help."
Etymology
From grate (“(obsolete) serving to gratify, agreeable, pleasing; grateful, thankful”) + -ful (suffix forming adjectives with the sense of tending to have or thoroughly having a quality). Grate is a learned borrowing from Latin grātus (“agreeable, pleasing; beloved, dear; grateful, thankful”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“to express approval, praise; to elevate”).