Thankfulness

Thankfulness
Thankful Thank"ful, a. [AS. [thorn]ancfull.] 1. Obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy. [R.] [1913 Webster]

Ladies, look here; this is the thankful glass That mends the looker's eyes; this is the well That washes what it shows. --Herbert. [1913 Webster]

2. Impressed with a sense of kindness received, and ready to acknowledge it; grateful. [1913 Webster]

Be thankful unto him, and bless his name. --Ps. c. 4. [1913 Webster] -- {Thank"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Thank"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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Synonyms:
(with a desire to acknowledge it), ,


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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

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