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thankful Definition

thank·ful (t̸haŋkfəl)

adjective

feeling or expressing thanks; grateful

thankful Related Forms

thank·ful·ness noun

thankful Synonyms

thankful

modif.

obliged, grateful, gratified, contented, satisfied, indebted to, beholden, pleased, kindly disposed, appreciative, giving thanks, overwhelmed.

Antonyms ungrateful*, insensible*, thankless.

thankful Usage Examples

Preposition: for

  • mercy: I guess I should be thankful for small mercies.
  • everything: Dr. J Beveridge is a proponent of the Bill Deedes school of aging: " Be thankful for today everything else is a bonus.
  • gift: And last, but not least, let us be thankful for the gifts of smiles, fun and laughter.
  • opportunity: I am thankful for the opportunity to publish this on my web site.
  • thing: The latter were profoundly thankful for the very thing which the first group had found faulty.
  • help: By far the hardest day Iâve endured and very thankful for the help of my team mates.

Infinitive complement

  • say: I am thankful to say the new medicine relieved her at once.
  • find: For a business traveler like myself, of course, toilets are something you are merely thankful to find.
  • have: In fact I am thankful to have my state pension to fall back on.
  • see: Hines made a couple more sharp stops, and was also thankful to see a long shot dip just over the bar.

Modifies a noun

  • heart: A praising, thankful heart is a blessing in itself.
  • people: Let us now sing " Come, ye thankful people come " by Henry Alford.

Modifying Another Word

  • eternally: He never ceases to amaze me and we are eternally thankful for him.
  • profoundly: The latter were profoundly thankful for the very thing which the first group had found faulty.
  • truly: You have we can't mean to starve me truly thankful.
  • forever: Going to Surrey started a journey for which I will be forever thankful.
  • deeply: There is much in this world for which we should deeply thankful for - there is much of great beauty.
  • extremely: We are extremely thankful for the financial support offered by the University to fund this trip.

Used with adjective complement

  • feel: I doubt I'll have any more children due to the risks, I feel thankful for the beautiful daughter we have.
  • remain: One thing I remain thankful to Mao is that, without him we will still be the largest colony on this planet.

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