Grateful Definition

grātfəl
adjective
gratefuller, gratefullest
Appreciative of benefits received; thankful.
I'm grateful for your help.
American Heritage
Feeling or expressing gratitude; thankful; appreciative.
Webster's New World
Causing gratitude; welcome; pleasing.
Webster's New World
Affording pleasure or comfort; agreeable.
Grateful relief from the hot sun.
American Heritage

Showing appreciation, being thankful.

I'm grateful that you helped me out.
I'm grateful to you for helping me out.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Grateful

Adjective

Base Form:
grateful
Comparative:
gratefuller
Superlative:
gratefullest

Origin of Grateful

  • From obsolete grate pleasing from Latin grātus gwerə-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • grate +‎ -ful, from Latin gratus (“pleasing, agreeable”) + -ful.

    From Wiktionary

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