Thankfulness
- Thankfulness
- Thankful Thank"ful, a. [AS. [thorn]ancfull.]
1. Obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy. [R.]
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Ladies, look here; this is the thankful glass
That mends the looker's eyes; this is the well
That washes what it shows. --Herbert.
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2. Impressed with a sense of kindness received, and ready to
acknowledge it; grateful.
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Be thankful unto him, and bless his name. --Ps. c.
4.
[1913 Webster] -- {Thank"ful*ly}, adv. --
{Thank"ful*ness}, n.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
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thankfulness — noun The state of being thankful. All our discontents about what we want appeared to me to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have. Syn: appreciation, gratefulness, gratitude … Wiktionary
thankfulness — thankful ► ADJECTIVE 1) pleased and relieved. 2) expressing gratitude. DERIVATIVES thankfulness noun … English terms dictionary
thankfulness — noun see thankful … New Collegiate Dictionary
thankfulness — See thankfully. * * * … Universalium
thankfulness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. warmth of feeling, appreciation, gratefulness; see gratitude , thanks . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A being grateful: appreciation, gratefulness, gratitude, thanks. See GRATEFUL … English dictionary for students
thankfulness — n. gratefulness, appreciativeness, indebtedness … English contemporary dictionary
thankfulness — n. Gratitude (with a desire to acknowledge it), sense of obligation, feeling of obligation … New dictionary of synonyms
thankfulness — n gratitude, gratefulness, appreciation, appreciativeness, thanks; sense of obligation, beholdenness, obligedness, indebtedness; regard, re gards, wishes; acknowledgement, recognition, credit … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
thankfulness — thank·ful·ness … English syllables
thankfulness — See: thankful … English dictionary
