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grateful.

Of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈɡɹeɪtf(ʊ)l/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɡɹeɪtf(ə)l/General-American
  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
Where this word comes from

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”).

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