Definition of GRATEFUL

grateful

Adjective

  • Feeling or showing thanks; appreciative.
  • feeling or showing gratitude
    • "a grateful heart"
    • "grateful for the tree's shade"

Adjective Satellite

  • affording comfort or pleasure
    • "the grateful warmth of the fire"

Adj

  • 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.

Examples

  • I’m grateful that you helped me out.
  • She was grateful for the ’S’ tile that allowed her to pluralize her highest-scoring word.

Origin / 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”).

Synonyms

thankful

Scrabble Score: 12

grateful: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
grateful: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
grateful: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

grateful: valid Words With Friends Word