ˈgrātfəl adjective
( sometimes gratefuller sometimes gratefullest )
Etymology: obsolete English grate pleasing, thankful (from Latin gratus pleasing, beloved, worthy of thanks, grateful) + -ful — more at grace
1.
a. : appreciative of benefits received : willing or anxious to acknowledge and repay or give thanks for benefits
a grateful heart
b. : expressing or induced by gratitude
a grateful word of thanks
a grateful acknowledgment
2.
a. : affording pleasure or contentment : pleasing
such doctrines are only grateful to the abstruse scholar
b. : pleasing by reason of comfort supplied or discomfort alleviated
glad to rest under the grateful shade of the elms
the fire threw a grateful warmth into the room
Synonyms: see pleasant