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[thangk-fuhl]

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adjective

feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English thancful. See thank, -ful

Related forms

thank·ful·ly, adverb

thank·ful·ness, noun

su·per·thank·ful, adjective

su·per·thank·ful·ly, adverb

su·per·thank·ful·ness, noun

Synonyms
beholden, obliged. See grateful.

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Example Sentences

One widespread ritual is to have each person share some aspect of the past year that he or she is thankful for.

She can be thankful that she lives in a democracy that allows her to spout off her stupidity.

Americans should be thankful the storm wasn't a lot worse.

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One widespread ritual is to have each person share some aspect of the past year that he or she is thankful for.

She can be thankful that she lives in a democracy that allows her to spout off her stupidity.

Americans should be thankful the storm wasn't a lot worse.

Feast your eyes on raptor photos, and be thankful you aren't a mouse.

The car companies should be thankful the government is forcing them to take their medicine.

Today and everyday, we're thankful to share the internets with all of you.

Parents should be thankful of their children, disabled or not.

Chuckle at the baggage container's fate, but be thankful no one was hurt.

Still, scientists are thankful that they caught the problem before the machine actually powered up.

Perhaps you ought to be thankful that you weren't born as a dog, rather than reveling in this self-congratulatory drivel.

Furthermore, you should be thankful that this was not a video review.

Only time will tell, but your correspondent is thankful that any influence of the sun on climate change would be benign.

In the winter you should be thankful that you're here and not somewhere else.

Then, look into your heart and be thankful for who you are and your impression of yourself.

Be thankful for this, as it means you don't have to constantly make sure you're pointing at the center of the screen.

It's worth reading the whole article, which makes me rather thankful to be sitting safely in an office.

We are thankful for our safety though, and our thoughts are with those affected by this devastating earthquake.

Yet breaking survives and, with the thankful resurgence of conscientious hip-hop, is increasing in momentum.

So, religion has its negatives but be thankful to the structure it brought to the society.

Bohlin received letters from all over the world from thankful car-crash survivors.

The scientists using these materials are thankful for your donation and care nothing for infringing on personal privacy.

On this holiday, it is worth being thankful for all the ways that life interrupts and renews itself.

Be thankful that you cannot understand the need to close the door on another person to self protect.

Stories about the holiday, being thankful for a certain.

Death rates would plummet, but you should still be thankful you were born in the.

We are thankful for your friendship and for the special relationship you had with our parents.

Be thankful if helpful is still willing to help you.

The developed world should be thankful for this trend.

Guénolé, could feel thankful that on this day the world did not feel strange or hostile.

We are all thankful that the musical world missed the opportunity of having a genius practice its arts.

Death rates would plummet, but you should still be thankful you were born.

We are eternally thankful for her good advice, warmth and kind heart.

Your post almost makes me thankful to be an only child and sole caregiver.

Death rates would plummet, but you should still be thankful you.

As for the oxygen, she was thankful that she has not had to use it for a while.

But they will also be thankful for those who improvedmade animals' lives better and strove for better, more ethical science.

All in all, my knowledge base and brain are thankful for being introduced to this book by my professor.

We're thankful for his personal qualities of mind and heart and spirit.

Be thankful for the one set of grandparents and spend your time making sure your kids get quality time with them.

Harry said he is thankful for the skills he has learned in prison, and intends to attend college when he is released.

He's thankful for it, he's thankful for the fans, everything.

We should be thankful they can be removed, and did not end up as permanent aspects of our cities' architecture.

Ring said she was thankful that the wall of flame had been kept from consuming her home.

Be thankful for it and praise heaven there are such as they still making films.

We were thankful to individuals in real estate offices who ignored racial barriers and challenged racism.

You've got to be thankful to the people who get the work done, and you've got to be thankful to your customers.

Thankful to anyone willing to hear their tales and become their ally in the battle against apathy and forgetfulness.

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World English Dictionary

thankful (ˈθæŋkfʊl)

—*adj*
	grateful and appreciative

'thankfulness

—n

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Word Origin & History

thankful

O.E. þancfulle; see thank + -ful. Related: Thankfully; thankfulness.

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"For the "superior morality" of which we hear so much, we too would desire to be thankful: at the same time, it were but blindness to deny that this "superior morality" is properly rather an "inferior criminality" produced not by greater love of Virtue, but by greater perfection of Police; and of that far subtler and stronger Police, called Public Opinion."

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