grateful

grateful is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. 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.
2. adjective. Affording pleasure; pleasing to the senses; gratifying; delicious; as, a grateful present; food grateful to the palate; grateful sleep.
3. adjective. feeling or showing gratitude

   "a grateful heart"

   "grateful for the tree's shade"

   Synonyms: thankful

4. adjective. affording comfort or pleasure

   "the grateful warmth of the fire"

Synonyms

thankful

Common word forms

gratefully, gratefuller, gratefullest, gratefulness

Words from these letters

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