Gratitude
['grætɪtjuːd] or ['ɡrætɪtud]
Definition
(noun.) a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation; 'he was overwhelmed with gratitude for their help'.
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Definition
(a.) The state of being grateful; warm and friendly feeling toward a benefactor; kindness awakened by a favor received; thankfulness.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Thankfulness, feeling of obligation, sense of obligation.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Thankfulness, gratefulness
ANT:Unthankfulness, ingratitude, thanklessness, oblivion, resentment, indignation
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Definition
n. warm and friendly feeling towards a benefactor: thankfulness.
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Examples
- I wish to express my gratitude also to Miss Florence Bonnet for aid in the correction of the manuscript. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Mr. Holmes, said Hopkins, I do not know how to express my gratitude. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- She must have a sensation of being honoured, and whether thinking of herself or her brother, she must have a strong feeling of gratitude. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- No father could claim the gratitude of his child so completely as I should deserve their's. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Is that your gratitude to me, Mr Headstone? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- There was no gratitude for affection past or present to make her better bear with its excesses to the others. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I owed her gratitude. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Do you grudge me even gratitude, Miss Crawley? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It was a question whether gratitude which refers to what is done for one's self ought not to give way to indignation at what is done against another. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Is ALL sense of gratitude dead in you? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Rawdon thanked his sister a hundred times, and with an ardour of gratitude which touched and almost alarmed that soft-hearted woman. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- There were juvenile letters and petitions from Rebecca, too, in the collection, imploring aid for her father or declaring her own gratitude. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- There was no bearing such an always; and to break through her dreadful gratitude, Emma made the direct inquiry of Wheremay I ask? Jane Austen. Emma.
- Were it known to the rest of my family, I should not have merely my own gratitude to express. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The poor creature fell on her knees before me, and strove in vain to express her gratitude, with wild incoherency. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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