grateful
UK /ˈɡɹeɪtf(ʊ)l/ · US /ˈɡɹeɪtf(ə)l/ adjective
Forms gratefuller gratefullest gratefull
- adjective Of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful. “I’m grateful that you helped me out.”
- adjective (archaic) Of a thing or (obsolete) person: pleasing to the mind or senses; agreeable, pleasant, welcome.
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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”).
Webster’s 1913
- adjective 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.
- adjective Affording pleasure; pleasing to the senses; gratifying; delicious; as, a grateful present; food grateful to the palate; grateful sleep.
Etymology [Grate, a. + full; cf. F. gré thanks, good will, fr. L. gratum, neut. of gratus agreeable, grateful. See Grate, a.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “grateful”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details