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Webster 1913 Edition
Grateful
Grate′ful
,Adj.
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Grate
, a. + full
; cf. F. gré
thanks, good will, fr. L. gratum
, neut. of gratus
agreeable, grateful. See Grate
, Adj.
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
heartA
By owing, owes not, but still pays.
grateful
mindBy 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
sleepGrate′ful-ly
, adv.
Grate′ful-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Grateful
GRA'TEFUL
,Adj.
1.
Having a due sense of benefits; kindly disposed towards one from whom a favor has been received; willing to acknowledge and repay benefits; as a grateful heart.2.
Agreeable; pleasing; acceptable; gratifying; as a grateful present; a grateful offering.3.
Pleasing to the taste; delicious; affording pleasure; as food or drink grateful offering. Now golden fruits on loaded branches shine,
And grateful clusters swell with floods of wine.
Definition 2025
grateful
grateful
English
Alternative forms
- gratefull (archaic)
Adjective
grateful (comparative gratefuller or more grateful, superlative gratefullest or most grateful)
- Showing appreciation, being thankful.
- I'm grateful that you helped me out.
- I'm grateful to you for helping me out
- 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:
- Carroll thought he had equalised with his header against the bar with eight minutes left. Liverpool claimed the ball had cross the line and Chelsea were grateful for a miraculous intervention from Cech to turn his effort on to the woodwork.
- Recognizing the importance of a source of pleasure.
- (dated) Pleasing, welcome.
- 1839, Robert Hooper, Klein Grant, Lexicon Medicum: or, Medical Dictionary (4th edition, page 1177)
- […] its glands give forth gum arabic; and its flowers an odour of a very grateful fragrance.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Skeleton in Armor:
- Fell I upon my spear, / Oh, death was grateful!
- Herman Melville, Omoo
- […] grateful underfoot was the damp and slightly yielding beach, from which the waves seemed just retired.
- 1839, Robert Hooper, Klein Grant, Lexicon Medicum: or, Medical Dictionary (4th edition, page 1177)
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showing gratitude
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recognizing the importance of a source of pleasure
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