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GRATEFULNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gratefulness mean?
• GRATEFULNESS (noun)
The noun GRATEFULNESS has 1 sense:
1. warm friendly feelings of gratitude
Familiarity information: GRATEFULNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Warm friendly feelings of gratitude
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
appreciativeness; gratefulness; thankfulness
Hypernyms ("gratefulness" is a kind of...):
gratitude (a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation)
Derivation:
grateful (feeling or showing gratitude)
Context examples
He, in turn, realized what she had done, and in the consequent warm surge of gratefulness that overwhelmed him forgot his loose-worded tongue.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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