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Word entry · 8 letters

grateful

Best crossword clue

"Feeling thankful"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡɹeɪtf(ʊ)l/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aefglrtuStarts with GEnds with L2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. feeling or showing gratitude

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • I’m grateful that you helped me out.
  • I cannot giue thee leſſe to be cal'd gratefull: / Thou thoughtſt to helpe me, and ſuch thankes I giue, / As one neere death to thoſe that vviſh him liue: […]
  • Ye Nations, vvho the Globe divide, / Ye num'rous Nations ſcatter'd vvide, / To God your grateful Voices raiſe: […]

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Feeling thankful8 letters
02Thankful8 letters

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