Meaning

2 senses
  1. Showing appreciation or gratitude.

    I'm thankful that you helped me out today. How can I ever repay you?

    feeling or showing gratitude

  2. (obsolete)Obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy.

    dankbar

    благода́рныйblagodárnyj, призна́тельныйpriznátelʹnyj

    вдя́чнийvdjáčnyj

Examples

142 sentences
  1. Being deeply thankful, he tried to express his thanks.

    Він був дуже вдячний і намагався це висловити.

    ruОн был очень благодарен и пытался это высказать.

    deZutiefst dankbar versuchte er seinen Dank auszudrücken.

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  2. We have reason to be thankful.

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  3. What's something that you're thankful for?

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  4. Be thankful for what you've got.

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  5. You should be thankful for that.

    deDu solltest dankbar dafür sein.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
showing thanks:
Русский
By meaning 1
showing thanks:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
showing thanks:

Origin

From Middle English thankful, from Old English þancful, þancfull (“thoughtful, pleasing, a

From Middle English thankful, from Old English þancful, þancfull (“thoughtful, pleasing, agreeable, pleasant, thankful, grateful”), equivalent to thank + -ful. Compare Old High German undankfol (“unthankful, ungrateful”).

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Forms

more thankful, most thankful
Comparativemore thankful Lesson
Superlativemost thankful Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • be thankful for
  • thankful for the
  • thankful for that

See also

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