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grateful 音标拼音: [gr'etfəl] a. 感谢的,感激的,受欢迎的 感谢的,感激的,受欢迎的 grateful adj 1: feeling or showing gratitude; " a grateful heart"; " grateful for the tree' s shade"; " a thankful smile" [ synonym: { grateful}, { thankful}] [ ant: { thankless}, { ungrateful}, { unthankful}] 2: affording comfort or pleasure; " the grateful warmth of the fire" Grateful \ Grate" ful\, a. [ Grate, a. full; cf. F. gr[' e] thanks, good will, fr. L. gratum, neut. of gratus agreeable, grateful. See { Grate}, a.] 1. Having a due sense of benefits received; kindly disposed toward one from whom a favor has been received; willing to acknowledge and repay, or give thanks for, benefits; as, a grateful heart. [ 1913 Webster] A grateful mind By owing, owes not, but still pays. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Affording pleasure; pleasing to the senses; gratifying; delicious; as, a grateful present; food grateful to the palate; grateful sleep. [ 1913 Webster] Now golden fruits on loaded branches shine, And grateful clusters swell. -- Pope. Syn: Thankful; pleasing; acceptable; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; delightful; delicious. -- { Grate" ful* ly}, adv. -- { Grate" ful* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster] 64 Moby Thesaurus words for " grateful": acceptable, acknowledging, affable, agreeable, amiable, amicable, appreciative, beholden, blissful, cheerful, cognizant of, comforting, compatible, complaisant, congenial, consoling, cordial, crediting, delectable, delicious, delightful, desirable, dulcet, en rapport, enjoyable, fair, fair and pleasant, favorable, felicific, felicitous, fine, genial, good, goodly, gracious, gratified, gratifying, harmonious, heart- warming, honeyed, indebted to, likable, mellifluous, mellow, much obliged, nice, obliged, pleasant, pleased, pleasing, pleasurable, pleasure- giving, pleasureful, refreshing, rejuvenating, restorative, restoring, rewarding, satisfying, sensible, sweet, thankful, under obligation, welcome
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