Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Thankful"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thankful \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
thankful
adj : feeling or showing gratitude; "a grateful heart"; "grateful
for the tree's shade"; "a thankful smile" [syn: {grateful}]
[ant: {ungrateful}]
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