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grate·ful

grateful

 
 
pronunciation:
greIt fl
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part of speech: adjective
definition: If you feel grateful to someone, you feel that that person has done something very nice or important for you. You feel that you want to thank them very much. If someone helps another person who is really in trouble, that person usually feels very grateful.
We were very grateful when someone stopped to help us after our car slipped off the highway in the snowstorm.
synonyms:
thankful
derivations: gratefully (adv.), gratefulness (n.)
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