English-Thai Dictionary

grateful

ADJ ซึ่ง สำนึก ใน บุญคุ ณ  ซึ่ง กตัญญูรู้คุ ณ  appreciative thankful ungrateful sueng-sam-nuek-nai-bun-kun

 

grateful

ADJ อย่าง สุขสบาย  น่า สบาย  pleasant pleasurable unenjoyable yang-suk-sa-bai

 

gratefulness

N ความกตัญญู  ความตื้นตัน ใจ  ความ ซาบซึ้งใจ  appreciation gratitude kwam-ka-tan-yu

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GRATEFUL

a.[from L. gratus. See Grace. ] 1. Having a due sense of benefits; kindly disposed towards one from whom a favor has been received; willing to acknowledge and repay benefits; as a grateful heart.
2. Agreeable; pleasing; acceptable; gratifying; as a grateful present; a grateful offering.
3. Pleasing to the taste; delicious; affording pleasure; as food or drink grateful offering.
Now golden fruits on loaded branches shine,
And grateful clusters swell with floods of wine.

 

GRATEFULLY

adv. With a due sense of benefits or favors; in a manner that disposes to kindness, in return for favors. The gift was gratefully received. 1. In a pleasing manner. Study continually furnishes something new, which may strike the imagination gratefully.

 

GRATEFULNESS

n.The quality of being grateful; gratitude. 1. The quality of being agreeable or pleasant to the mind or to the taste.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GRATEFUL

Grate "ful, a. Etym: [Grate, a. + full; cf. F. gré 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

grateful

grate ful |ˈgrātfəl ˈɡreɪtfəl | ▶adjective feeling or showing an appreciation of kindness; thankful: I'm very grateful to you for all your help. • archaic received or experienced with gratitude; welcome: enjoying the grateful shade. DERIVATIVES grate ful ly adverb, grate ful ness noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from obsolete grate ‘pleasing, agreeable, thankful ’ (from Latin gratus ) + -ful .

 

Oxford Dictionary

grateful

grate |ful |ˈgreɪtfʊl, -f (ə )l | ▶adjective feeling or showing an appreciation for something done or received: I'm grateful to you for all your help | she gave him a grateful smile. • archaic received or experienced with gratitude; welcome: the grateful shade. DERIVATIVES gratefully adverb, gratefulness noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from obsolete grate ‘pleasing, thankful ’ (from Latin gratus ) + -ful .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

grateful

grateful adjective we were all grateful to Rita: thankful, appreciative; indebted, obliged, obligated, in someone's debt, beholden.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

grateful

grateful adjective I was most grateful for your hospitality: thankful, filled with gratitude, appreciative; indebted, obliged, obligated, under obligation, in your debt, beholden. ANTONYMS ungrateful. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD grateful, thankful, appreciative These words indicate various forms of awareness of having been fortunate or well treated. ■ Someone who is grateful realizes that someone else has helped them or treated them kindly, and has warm feelings towards that person (we're most grateful for your help | her whole family is grateful to the surgeons who saved her ). Grateful, in fact, suggests more of an impulse to thank someone than thankful does. It is also used in polite requests such as I would be grateful if you could let me know. ■ Thankful is typically more concerned with a person's attitude to their good fortune than with their feelings towards anyone responsible for it. It suggests that someone is relieved or pleased about a situation or turn of events, often one for which no particular person can be identified as responsible (she was thankful that she felt so much better | I have a lot to be thankful for ). ■ The main use of appreciative is to say that someone recognizes the merits or appeal of something and expresses that recognition in actions or words (they were the most appreciative audience we'd played to ). If what is appreciated is a kindness or service, appreciative is used with of and often also implies gratitude (the team are very appreciative of your support ).These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

grateful

grate ful /ɡréɪtf (ə )l /〖「うれしい 」＞「感謝している 」〗形容詞 more ～; most ～1 〖be grateful (to A ) (for B )〗〈人が 〉(A 〈人 〉に )(B 〈人 〉のことで )感謝する ; «…であることを /…して » ありがたく [うれしく ]思う «that 節 /to do » (→thankful 1 )(↔ungrateful )▸ I'm deeply grateful to Al for his earnest work [for working earnestly, ｟まれ ｠ that he works earnestly ].熱心に働いてもらってアルには深く感謝しています ▸ be grateful for small mercies 不幸中の幸いに感謝する ▸ We would be (very [most ]) grateful if you would [could ] join us for the dinner .｟かたく ｠もし夕食をご一緒していただけましたらまことにありがたく存じます (!公式な場や手紙などでの丁寧な依頼の表現 ) ▸ grateful graduates 感謝の念にあふれた卒業生たち .2 〖名詞 の前で 〗感謝 (の気持ち )を示す 〈表情など 〉, 感謝の印の 〈手紙など 〉▸ give her a grateful smile 彼女に感謝してほほえみかける 3 〈物が 〉快い, 快適な .～ness 名詞 U 感謝 (すること [の気持ち ]).

 

gratefully

gr á te ful ly 副詞 感謝して, 喜んで 〈受け取るなど 〉.