Grateful
Pronunciation
Alternative forms
- gratefull archaic
Full definition of grateful
Adjective
grateful
- Showing appreciation, being thankful.I'm grateful that you helped me out.I'm grateful to you for helping me out
- 2012, May 5, Phil McNulty, Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool, Carroll thought he had equalised with his header against the bar with eight minutes left. Liverpool claimed the ball had cross the line and Chelsea were grateful for a miraculous intervention from Cech to turn his effort on to the woodwork.
- Recognizing the importance of a source of pleasure.
- Pleasing, welcome.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Skeleton in Armor:Fell I upon my spear,
Oh, death was grateful! - Herman Melville, Omoo... grateful underfoot was the damp and slightly yielding beach, from which the waves seemed just retired.