noun
Meaning 1
The state of being grateful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
gratefulness
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noun
Meaning 2
warm friendly feelings of gratitude
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: thankfulness, appreciativeness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gratitude
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English grateful Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English gratefulness From grateful + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: благодарност (blagodarnost) — the state of being grateful
- Bulgarian: признателност (priznatelnost) — the state of being grateful
- Catalan: agraïment — the state of being grateful
- Dutch: dankbaarheid — the state of being grateful
- Finnish: kiitollisuus — the state of being grateful
- French: reconnaissance — the state of being grateful
- Georgian: მადლიერება (madliereba) — the state of being grateful
- German: Dankbarkeit — the state of being grateful
- Hindi: कृतज्ञता (kŕtajñatā) — the state of being grateful
- Hungarian: hála — the state of being grateful
- Indonesian: kebersyukuran — the state of being grateful
- Italian: gratitudine — the state of being grateful
- Latvian: pateicība — the state of being grateful
- Norwegian: takknemlighet — the state of being grateful
- Romanian: gratitudine — the state of being grateful
- Romanian: recunoștință — the state of being grateful
- Spanish: agradecimiento — the state of being grateful
- Telugu: కృతజ్ఞత (kr̥tajñata) — the state of being grateful
- Ottoman Turkish: شكر (şükr, şükür) — the state of being grateful