Definitions for: Grateful

[adj] feeling or showing gratitude; "a grateful heart"; "grateful for the tree's shade"; "a thankful smile"
[adj] affording comfort or pleasure; "the grateful warmth of the fire"

Webster (1913) Definition: Grate"ful, a. [Grate, a. + full; cf. F. gr['e]
thanks, good will, fr. L. gratum, neut. of gratus agreeable,
grateful. See Grate, a.]
1. Having a due sense of benefits received; kindly disposed
toward one from whom a favor has been received; willing to
acknowledge and repay, or give thanks for, benefits; as, a
grateful heart.

A grateful mind By owing, owes not, but still pays.
--Milton.

2. Affording pleasure; pleasing to the senses; gratifying;
delicious; as, a grateful present; food grateful to the
palate; grateful sleep.

Now golden fruits on loaded branches shine, And
grateful clusters swell. --Pope.

Syn: Thankful; pleasing; acceptable; gratifying; agreeable;
welcome; delightful; delicious. -- Grate"ful*ly, adv.
-- Grate"ful*ness, n.

Synonyms: appreciative, glad, pleasant, thankful

Antonyms: thankless, ungrateful, unthankful

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