grateful
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Synonyms
appreciative, appreciatory, glad, obliged, thankful
Antonyms
inappreciative, thankless, unappreciative, ungrateful
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None of this would be possible without your unwavering support from episode 1 and our entire TIU family is unbelievably grateful. — Stacey Leasca, Glamour, "This Is Us Just Got Renewed for Three More Seasons," 12 May 2019 Her struggles, of course, pale in comparison to how grateful Jennie Marie feels to get to share her passion with everyone — yes, even those vocal skeptics online. — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, "Why 'Mama Medium' Jennie Marie Doesn't Care If You Think She's Fake," 3 Dec. 2018 Then again, no woman should ever have to feel grateful for not being raped. — Rena Gross, Billboard, "'The Handmaid's Tale': Season 2, Episode 13 Recap: 19 Startling Moments in 'The Word'," 11 July 2018 At the beginning of every year, Ertz creates a new playlist with songs spanning different genres that remind her to stay grateful. — Jenny Mccoy, SELF, "How Olympian and Pro Soccer Player Julie Ertz Is Training for the 2019 Women's World Cup," 23 Feb. 2019 Finally over the finish line, the new attorney general this morning grateful to the colleagues who fought for him. — Fox News, "Sen. Graham: Allegations against Kavanaugh are collapsing," 24 Sep. 2018 And Jennifer said she and a friend bought 30 bottles of water at a 99-cent store and distributed them to grateful recipients. — Steve Lopez, latimes.com, "He handed water to homeless people when temps topped 100. Some Silver Lake neighbors jeered, others cheered," 11 July 2018 Both Trump and his pick performed well by TV standards: Trump as emcee and CEO, with Kavanaugh as the grateful contestant who gets to join the firm. — David Zurawik, baltimoresun.com, "Kavanaugh's introduction as Supreme Court nominee was slick prime-time TV. That has dangerous implications," 10 July 2018 Polite and grateful people still pick up the phone and/or write notes on paper. — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, "Annual review provides temptation to undercut supervisor," 9 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'grateful.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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