thankful

thank·ful

adjective \ˈthaŋk-fəl\

Definition of THANKFUL

1

: conscious of benefit received <for what we are about to receive make us truly thankful>

2

: expressive of thanks <thankful service>

3

: well pleased : glad <was thankful that it didn't rain>

— thank·ful·ness noun

Examples of THANKFUL

1. Everyone was thankful to hear the good news.
2. <we were thankful that someone else was footing the bill for the lavish wedding banquet>

First Known Use of THANKFUL

before 12th century

Related to THANKFUL

Synonyms

blissful, chuffed [British], delighted, gratified, happy, joyful, joyous, pleased, satisfied, glad, tickled

Antonyms

displeased, dissatisfied, joyless, sad, unhappy, unpleased, unsatisfied

Related Words

beaming, blithe, blithesome, buoyant, cheerful, cheery, gay, gladsome, lighthearted, sunny, upbeat; gleeful, jocund, jolly, jovial, laughing, merry, mirthful, smiling; beatific, ecstatic, elated, enraptured, entranced, euphoric, exhilarated, intoxicated, rapturous, rhapsodic (also rhapsodical); exuberant, exultant, jubilant, rapt, rejoicing, thrilled; hopeful, optimistic, rosy, sanguine

Near Antonyms

abject, aggrieved, anguished, blue, brokenhearted, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, disheartened, downcast, downhearted, forlorn, melancholy; doleful, dolorous, lachrymose, mournful, plaintive, sorrowful, sorry, woeful; black, dark, desolate, dispirited, gloomy, glum, gray (also grey), grieved, heartbroken, heartsick, miserable, woebegone, wretched