English Explanatory Dictionary

grateful

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful.
Of a thing or (obsolete) person: pleasing to the mind or senses; agreeable, pleasant, welcome.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡɹeɪtf(ʊ)l/ /ˈɡɹeɪtf(ə)l/ En-us-grateful.ogg

Word forms

grateful gratefuller more grateful gratefullest most grateful gratefull

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”).

Antonyms

ingrateful ungrateful

Related words

gratitude ingrate

Derived words

gratefully gratefulness ingrateful overgrateful pergrateful ungrateful

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