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GRATEFUL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Feeling or showing gratitude
Example:
a thankful smile
Synonyms:
grateful; thankful
Classified under:
Similar:
appreciative (feeling or expressive of gratitude)
glad (feeling happy appreciation)
Antonym:
ungrateful (not feeling or showing gratitude)
Derivation:
gratefulness (warm friendly feelings of gratitude)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Affording comfort or pleasure
Example:
the grateful warmth of the fire
Classified under:
Similar:
pleasant (affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings)
Context examples:
“But,” he added, “you will of course wish to have your humble respects delivered to them, with your grateful thanks for their kindness to you while you have been here.”
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
This was the man-animal's justice; and even then, in his own pitiable plight, White Fang experienced a little grateful thrill.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
I cannot tell you how grateful I am.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
Ten thousand thanks to Henry for his kindness, his affection, and his many letters; we are sincerely grateful.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
He drew in the smoke of his cigarette as if the soothing influence was grateful to him.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
As it turns out your presence was unnecessary, and I would have brought the case to this successful issue without you, but, none the less, I am grateful.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And in the midst of it all she was grateful to Dennin for the way he helped her.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
The King is grateful to me for the interest which I have ever shown in his son.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But they did not strike, and he found time to be grateful for this last kindness of life.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
We're all humbly grateful for your kindness, and as you see, puts faith in you and takes the drugs down like that much grog.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
