thankful

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thank·ful

(thăngk′fəl)

adj.

1. Aware and appreciative of a benefit; grateful.

2. Expressive of gratitude: a thankful smile.

thank′ful·ly adv.

thank′ful·ness n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

thankful

(ˈθæŋkfʊl)

adj

grateful and appreciative

ˈthankfulness n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

thank•ful

(ˈθæŋk fəl)

adj.

feeling or expressing gratitude or appreciation.

[before 900]

thank′ful•ly, adv.

thank′ful•ness, n.

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Adj.

thankful - feeling or showing gratitude; "a grateful heart"; "grateful for the tree's shade"; "a thankful smile"

grateful

thankful

adjective grateful, pleased, relieved, obliged, in (someone's) debt, indebted, appreciative, beholden I'm just thankful that I've got a job.
ungrateful, thankless, unappreciative

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

thankful

adjective

Showing or feeling gratitude:

appreciative, grateful.

Translations

شاكِر

šťastnývděčný

taknemmelig

òakklátur

hvaležen

thankful

[ˈθæŋkfʊl] ADJ → agradecido
to be thankful for sth → estar agradecido por algo
I've got so much to be thankful for → tengo tantas cosas por las que estar agradecido
let's be thankful that it's over → demos gracias que haya terminado
she was thankful to be alive → daba gracias por estar viva
to be thankful for small mercies → dar gracias por que la cosa no sea peor

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

thankful

[ˈθæŋkfʊl] adj

(= grateful) → reconnaissant(e)
to be thankful for sth → être reconnaissant(e) de qch
I was so thankful for his support → Je lui étais tellement reconnaissant de son soutien.

(= relieved) → content(e), pas mécontent(e)
She's thankful to be alive → Elle s'estime heureuse d'être en vie.
to be thankful (that) ... → être content(e) que ...
We were thankful that it was all over → Nous étions contents que ce soit fini.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

thankful

adj → dankbar (to sb jdm); to be thankful to somebody for something → jdm für etw dankbar sein; to be thankful to somebody for doing something → jdm dankbar sein, dass er/sie etw getan hat; we were thankful to be alive → wir waren dankbar, noch am Leben zu sein; I’m only thankful that it didn’t happen → ich bin bloß froh, dass es nicht passiert ist

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

thankful

[ˈθæŋkfʊl] adj thankful (to sb for sth) → grato/a or riconoscente (a qn per qc)
let us be thankful that it's over → ringraziamo il cielo che è tutto finito
thankful for/that ... (relieved) → sollevato/a da/dal fatto che...

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

thank

(θӕŋk) verb

to express appreciation or gratitude to (someone) for a favour, service, gift etc. He thanked me for the present; She thanked him for inviting her.

ˈthankful adjective

grateful; relieved and happy. He was thankful that the journey was over; a thankful sigh.

ˈthankfully adverb

ˈthankfulness noun

ˈthankless adjective

for which no-one is grateful. Collecting taxes is a thankless task.

ˈthanklessly adverb

ˈthanklessness noun

thanks noun plural

expression(s) of gratitude. I really didn't expect any thanks for helping them.

interjection

thank you. Thanks (very much) for your present; Thanks a lot!; No, thanks; Yes, thanks.

ˈthanksgiving noun

the act of giving thanks, especially to God, eg in a church service. a service of thanksgiving.

Thanksˈgiving noun

(also Thanksgiving Day) in the United States, a special day (the fourth Thursday in November) for giving thanks to God.

thanks to

because of. Thanks to the bad weather, our journey was very uncomfortable.

thank you

I thank you. Thank you (very much) for your present; No, thank you.

thankful

a. agradecido-a.

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It seems wonderfully grand and elegant for a person that is so humble as I am; but I am thankful, I am indeed, and will try to live up to it.

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They empty their hearts, good times return unto them, they keep holiday and ruminate,--they become THANKFUL.

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"Thankful, thankful," muttered the humbled woman; "ye mean thankful, Ishmael!"

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And if you can't do that, you'll put up with considerable less; you'll go anywhere you CAN go, just so as to get away, and be thankful of the chance, too.

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He was thankful to have someone to talk to who would interest himself in the things that interested him.

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I'm thankful she did -- I prayed that she might -- but -- I wish she hadn't."

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Both to Captain Fitz Roy and to all the Officers of the Beagle [1] I shall ever feel most thankful for the undeviating kindness with which I was treated during our long voyage.

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It occurred to me to be thankful that Sara Ray was not with us.

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I was real thankful to see you and the young Doctor in the Presbyterian church your first Sunday.

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She's well- mannered, too; she didn't ask for anything, and was thankful for whatever she got.

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"If it won't do any good to make the thing known," said Nancy, who thought she might now allow herself the relief of entertaining a feeling which she had tried to silence before, "I should be very thankful for father and Priscilla never to be troubled with knowing what was done in the past, more than about Dunsey: it can't be helped, their knowing that."

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If he be thankful for small benefits, it shows that he weighs men's minds, and not their trash.