Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)The state of being thankful.

    Dankbarkeit

More definitions
  • warm friendly feelings of gratitude

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Joy is the simplest form of thankfulness.

    deFreude ist die einfachste Form der Dankbarkeit. — Esperantostern

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  2. With a mighty throb of thankfulness and relief she felt the refluent blood stream to her heart once more.

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  3. Thankfulness begets thankfulness.

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  4. O Lord, who lends me life, lend me a heart replete with thankfulness.

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Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 1
state of showing thanks:

Origin

From thankful + -ness.

From thankful + -ness.

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Forms

plural: thankfulnesses
Singularthankfulness

uncountable

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedthankful

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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