grateful
Of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful.
Adjective 1 meaning
Of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful.
“I’m grateful that you helped me out.”
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).
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GRATEFUL at a glance
GRATEFUL has 8 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (G 2 + R 1 + A 1 + T 1 + E 1 + F 4 + U 1 + L 1) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,870 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with grateful
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- GRACEFUL14
- CRATEFUL13
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