Meaning of THANKFUL
Pronunciation: | | 'thangkful
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| Definition: | | [adj] feeling or showing gratitude; "a grateful heart"; "grateful for the tree's shade"; "a thankful smile" |
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| Synonyms: | | appreciative, glad, grateful |
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| Antonyms: | | thankless, ungrateful, unthankful | |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Thank"ful\, a. [AS. [thorn]ancfull.]
1. Obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy. [R.]
Ladies, look here; this is the thankful glass That
mends the looker's eyes; this is the well That
washes what it shows. --Herbert.
2. Impressed with a sense of kindness received, and ready to
acknowledge it; grateful.
Be thankful unto him, and bless his name. --Ps. c.
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-- {Thank"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Thank"ful*ness}, n.
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