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Meaning of THANKFUL

Pronunciation:  'thangkful

WordNet Dictionary
 
 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
 
 Antonyms: thankless, ungrateful, unthankful
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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.
                                               4.
   -- {Thank"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Thank"ful*ness}, n.
 
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