grateful
Syllables: grate·fulUK/ˈɡɹeɪtf(ʊ)l//ˈɡɹeɪtf(ə)l/
grateful adjective: of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful.
Adjective
grateful (comparative gratefuller or more grateful, superlative gratefullest or most grateful)
- Of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful.
- I’m grateful that you helped me out.
- I cannot giue thee leſſe to be cal'd gratefull: / Thou thoughtſt to helpe me, and ſuch thankes I giue, / As one neere death to thoſe that vviſh him liue: […]c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- Synonyms:
- glad
- Antonyms:
- ingrateful, ungrateful, thankless
- Of a thing or (obsolete) person: pleasing to the mind or senses; agreeable, pleasant, welcome.
- [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: […]c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- Chaſt, nothing better; vvanton, nothing vvorſe, / The grate-fulſt Bleſsing, or the greateſt Curſe.1609, Tho[mas] Heywood, “Canto. 9.”, in Troia Britanica: Or, Great Britaines Troy. […], London: […] W[illiam] Iaggard, →OCLC, stanza 2, page 197
- Antonyms:
- ingrateful, ungrateful
grateful meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
grateful in Hindi
- of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
- आभारी ābhārī, कृतज्ञ kŕtajña
grateful in Tamil
- நன்றியுள்ள, நன்றிமறவா
grateful in Marathi
- grateful, thankful
- कृतज्ञ krutadnya
grateful in Urdu
- grateful
- نوازش navāziś
More languagesFewer languages
- grateful in Bengali
- শোকরগুজার śōkorgujar
- grateful in Malayalam
- നന്ദിയുള്ള, സുഖകരമായ, ഹിതകരം, ആഹ്ലാദപ്രദം
- grateful in Kannada
- ಕೃತಜ್ಞತೆಯುಳ್ಳ, ಉಪಕಾರ ಸ್ಮರಣೆ ಮಾಡುವ, ಆಭಾರಿಯಾದ, ಮೆಚ್ಚುಗೆಯ
- grateful in Gujarati
- આભારી ābhārī, કૃતજ્ઞ kŕtajñ
- grateful in Odia
- କୃତଜ୍ଞ krutajña
- grateful in Arabic
- مُمْتَنّ mumtann, شَاكِر šākir, شَكُور šakūr
- grateful in Malay
- bersyukur
- grateful in Indonesian
- bersyukur
- grateful in Persian
- ممنون mamnun, متشکر motšakker, motešakker, شاکر šâker, سپاسگزار sepâsgozâr
- grateful in Thai
- กตัญญู gà-dtan-yuu, รู้คุณ rúu-kun-ná
- grateful in Vietnamese
- biết ơn
- grateful in Myanmar
- ကျေးဇူးသိ kye:ju:si.
Examples of grateful in a sentence
- Ye Nations, vvho the Globe divide, / Ye num'rous Nations ſcatter'd vvide, / To God your grateful Voices raiſe: […]1739, John Wesley, Charles Wesley, “Psalm CXVII”, in Hymns and Sacred Poems, London: […] William Strahan; and sold by James Hutton, […]...
- I am touched—made grateful—proud—yes, truly proud—by your confessed affection—but— […]1833, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], “The Interview—The Crisis of a Life”, in Godolphin. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor...
- For the beauty of the earth, / For the glory of the skies, / For the love which from our birth / Over and around us lies: / Lord of all, to Thee we raise / This our hymn of grateful praise.F[olliott Sandford] Pierpoint (1864), “Sacrifice of Praise”, in Orby Shipley, editor, Lyra Eucharistica: Hymns and Verses on the Holy...
- Perhaps I could be gratefuller if there were any prospect of a fire.1904 December 24, Alice Duer Miller, “The Burglar and the Blizzard: The Christmas Adventure of a Country Gentleman, an Aristocratic Robber...
Synonyms of grateful
Antonyms
Forms of grateful
| comparative | gratefuller |
|---|---|
| comparative | more grateful |
| superlative | gratefullest |
| superlative | most grateful |
| alternative form | gratefull |
Origin of grateful
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”).
Words formed from grateful
- gratefully
- gratefulness
- ingrateful
- overgrateful
- pergrateful
- ungrateful
Words that rhyme with grateful
Questions about grateful
- What does grateful mean?
- Grateful means of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful.
- What is grateful in Hindi?
- Grateful in Hindi is आभारी (ābhārī), कृतज्ञ (kŕtajña). See Grateful meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use grateful in a sentence?
- Ye Nations, vvho the Globe divide, / Ye num'rous Nations ſcatter'd vvide, / To God your grateful Voices raiſe: […]
- What part of speech is grateful?
- Grateful is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce grateful?
- Grateful is pronounced /ˈɡɹeɪtf(ʊ)l/ (UK).
Words near grateful in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: grateful (page history and authors); grateful (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); कृतज्ञ (Marathi) (page history and authors); نوازش (Urdu) (page history and authors); grateful (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); grateful (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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