grateful

== English == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹeɪtf(ʊ)l/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹeɪtf(ə)l/ Rhymes: -eɪtfəl Hyphenation: grate‧ful === 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. Antonyms: (obsolete) ingrateful, ungrateful (archaic) Of a thing or (obsolete) person: pleasing to the mind or senses; agreeable, pleasant, welcome. Antonyms: (obsolete) ingrateful, ungrateful ==== Alternative forms ==== gratefull (obsolete) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== gratitude ingrate ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === gratitude on Wikipedia.Wikipedia William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “grateful”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “grateful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “grateful”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.