grateful in English: Feeling that you want to thank someone for something good they have done for you. (adjective)

Translation

Feeling that you want to thank someone for something good they have done for you.

Word origin

From the old English adjective grate, meaning pleasing, which came from Latin gratus, plus the ending -ful.

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Use grateful for to name the good thing.

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Use grateful to to name the person.

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Grateful can also come in front of the noun.

thank

To tell someone you are happy and grateful for what they did or gave you.

happy

Feeling glad and pleased.

kind

A kind is a group of things that are the same in some way; a type or sort.

help

To do something that makes things easier or better for another person.

pride

The good feeling you get when you, or the people close to you, have done something well.

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