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grateful
adjective
feeling
or
showing
thanks
for
something
received
or
done
•
After
the
storm
,
the
townspeople
were
deeply
grateful
to
the
firefighters
who
rescued
them
.
After
the
storm
,
the
townspeople
were
deeply
grateful
to
the
firefighters
who
rescued
them
.
•
Mia
felt
grateful
when
her
friend
brought
her
soup
while
she
was
sick
.
Mia
felt
grateful
when
her
friend
brought
her
soup
while
she
was
sick
.
From
Latin
grātus
meaning
"
pleasing
,
thankful
"
+
the
suffix
-ful
.
adjective
(
literary
,
archaic
)
giving
or
causing
pleasure
;
pleasant
to
the
senses
•
They
rested
under
the
grateful
shade
of
an
old
oak
on
the
hot
afternoon
.
They
rested
under
the
grateful
shade
of
an
old
oak
on
the
hot
afternoon
.
•
A
grateful
breeze
drifted
through
the
hall
,
carrying
the
scent
of
jasmine
.
A
grateful
breeze
drifted
through
the
hall
,
carrying
the
scent
of
jasmine
.
Same
origin
as
the
modern
sense
:
from
Latin
grātus
"
pleasing
";
this
older
meaning
survives
mainly
in
literary
contexts
.
