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grateful

adjective
SayGRAYT-fuhl/ˈɡɹeɪtf(ə)l/UK/ˈɡɹeɪtf(ʊ)l/

2 meanings of grateful

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  1. 1
    adjective
    Feeling or showing thanks for something good that someone did for you.

    I'm so grateful for your help with my homework.

    She felt grateful when her neighbor fixed her bike for free.

    Similarthankful, appreciative, obliged, indebted

    Oppositeungrateful

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  2. 2
    adjectivearchaic
    Pleasant and welcome to the senses or the mind.

    Like how a cold drink feels on a very hot day: welcome and good.

    The cool water was grateful after our long walk in the sun.

    Fell I upon my spear, / O, death was grateful!
    1842, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “[Ballads.] The Skeleton in Armour.”Here, grateful means welcome or pleasing.

    Oppositeungrateful

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Origin

It comes from an old word 'grate' meaning pleasing or thankful, plus '-ful'. 'Grate' came from Latin 'grātus', meaning agreeable or thankful.