Word.ws English Dictionary

gratefull

gratefull is the obsolete spelling of grateful.

Meaning of grateful

Adjective

grateful (comparative gratefuller or more grateful, superlative gratefullest or most grateful)

  1. Of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful.
    • I’m grateful that you helped me out.
    Synonyms:
    glad
  2. (archaic) 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]...

Forms of gratefull

comparativemore gratefull
superlativemost gratefull

Questions about gratefull

What is gratefull the obsolete spelling of?
Gratefull is the obsolete spelling of grateful.

Words near gratefull in the dictionary

  1. gratable
  2. grate
  3. grateable
  4. grated
  5. grateful
  6. gratefull
  7. gratefuller
  8. gratefullest
  9. gratefully
  10. gratefulness
  11. gratefulnesses

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: gratefull (page history and authors); grateful (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “gratefull.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/gratefull. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.