grateful
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪtf(ʊ)l/
The English word “grateful” has 2 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful.
- Of a thing or (obsolete) person: pleasing to the mind or senses; agreeable, pleasant, welcome.
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”).
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