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Synonyms & Antonyms of grateful
1
feeling or expressing gratitude
- she was grateful for her neighbor's help after she broke her foot
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2
giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses
- I'm glad for the grateful warmth of the fire on such a cold day
Synonyms for grateful
- agreeable,
- blessed
- (also blest),
- congenial,
- darling,
- delectable,
- delicious,
- delightful,
- delightsome,
- dreamy,
- dulcet,
- enjoyable,
- felicitous,
- good,
- gratifying,
- heavenly,
- jolly,
- luscious,
- nice,
- palatable,
- pleasant,
- pleasing,
- pleasurable,
- pretty,
- satisfying,
- savory
- (also savoury),
- sweet,
- tasty,
- welcome
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Near Antonyms for grateful
- bilious,
- disgusting,
- distasteful,
- obnoxious,
- offensive,
- repellent
- (also repellant),
- repugnant,
- repulsive,
- revulsive,
- unsavory,
- vile,
- yucky
- (also yukky)
- depressing,
- disheartening,
- dismal,
- dreary,
- gloomy,
- heartbreaking,
- heartrending,
- joyless,
- lachrymose,
- sad,
- unhappy
- deplorable,
- doleful,
- dolorous,
- lamentable,
- lugubrious,
- mournful,
- regrettable,
- sorrowful,
- tragic
- (also tragical)
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The first known use of grateful was in 1552
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