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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary grate·ful ETYMOLOGY obsolete grate pleasing, thankful, from Latin gratus— more at grace DATE 1552 1. a. appreciative of benefits received b. expressing gratitude grateful thanks 2. a. affording pleasure or contentment : pleasing b. pleasing by reason of comfort supplied or discomfort alleviated • grate·ful·ness noun English Etymology grateful 1552, from obsolete adj. grate "agreeable, thankful," from L.gratus "pleasing" (see grace). "A most unusual formation" [Weekley]. Hard to think of another case where English uses -ful to make an adj. from an adj. Grateful Dead, the San Francisco rock band, took its name, according to Jerry Garcia, from a dictionary entry he saw about the folk tale motif of a wanderer who gives his last penny to pay for a corpse's burial, then is magically aided by the spirit of the dead person. A different version of the concept is found in the Egyptian Book of the Dead. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ grateful grate·ful / 5^reitfl / adjective1. ~ (to sb) (for sth) | ~ (to do sth) | ~ (that ...) feeling or showing thanks because sb has done sth kind for you or has done as you asked 感激的；表示感谢的: I am extremely grateful to all the teachers for their help. 我非常感谢所有老师的帮助。 We would be grateful for any information you can give us. 如能提供信息我们将感激不尽。 She seems to think I should be grateful to have a job at all. 她似乎认为我有份工作就该谢天谢地了。 He was grateful that she didn't tell his parents about the incident. 他感到庆幸的是她未将此事告诉他父母。 Grateful thanks are due to the following people for their help... 向下列给予过帮助的人表示衷心的感谢… Kate gave him a grateful smile. 凯特感激地对他笑了笑。 2. used to make a request, especially in a letter or in a formal situation (尤用于书信或正式场合提出请求)感激不尽,请: I would be grateful if you could send the completed form back as soon as possible. 请尽快将表格填好寄回。 • grate·ful·ly / -fEli / adv.: He nodded gratefully. 他感激地点了点头。 All donations will be gratefully received. 如蒙捐助,定将报以衷心的感谢。 IDIOMS ⇨ see small adj. WORD FAMILY grateful adj. ( ≠ ungrateful )
gratitude n. ( ≠ ingratitude )
Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English grateful adj. VERBS be, feel, look, seem, sound | remain ADV. deeply, enormously, especially, extremely, genuinely, immensely, more than, most, particularly, profoundly, really, terribly, truly, very We are deeply grateful to you and your family. I am more than grateful for their generous response. Thank you for your help. I really am most grateful. | almost His father looked almost grateful for once. | quite, rather | just, simply I'm just grateful the injury is not as bad as we'd feared. | always | eternally I'm eternally grateful that we managed to go there before the war. PREP. for I'm really grateful for your help. | to I'm immensely grateful to you for your support. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition adj. Function: adjective 1 feeling or expressing gratitude FF1C;was grateful for the giftFF1E; Synonyms: obliged, thankful Related Words: appreciative, beholden; gratified, pleased Idioms: filled with gratitude Antonyms: ungrateful 2 Synonyms: PLEASANT 1, agreeable, congenial, favorable, good, gratifying, nice, pleasurable, pleasureful, welcome Related Words: comforting, consoling, solacing; refreshing, rejuvenating, renewing, restorative, restoring; delectable, delicious, delightful Antonyms: obnoxious Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged grate·ful \ˈgrātfəl\ adjective (sometimes gratefuller sometimes gratefullest) Etymology: obsolete English grate pleasing, thankful (from Latin gratus pleasing, beloved, worthy of thanks, grateful) + -ful — more at grace 1. a. : appreciative of benefits received : willing or anxious to acknowledge and repay or give thanks for benefits < a grateful heart > b. : expressing or induced by gratitude < a grateful word of thanks > < a grateful acknowledgment > 2. a. : affording pleasure or contentment : pleasing < such doctrines are only grateful to the abstruse scholar > b. : pleasing by reason of comfort supplied or discomfort alleviated < glad to rest under the grateful shade of the elms > < the fire threw a grateful warmth into the room > Synonyms: see pleasant |
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