Emotions / B1

GRAYTFL/ˈɡreɪtfl/

Grateful means feeling that you want to thank someone: grateful for your help; grateful to the nurses. Thankful is close; pleased is weaker and not about thanks. I would be grateful if you could… is a polite email formula. Gratitude is the noun. Do not write “I am grateful to your help” — use grateful for + thing, grateful to + person. Ungrateful is the opposite.

Meaning

Feeling that you want to thank someone.

Examples

• “I am grateful for your help.”
• “I would be grateful if you could send the form today.”
• “We are grateful to everyone who volunteered.”

Good to know

grateful for + thing. grateful to + person. Polite email: I would be grateful if…. Noun: gratitude. Opposite: ungrateful.

Near in meaning

thankful

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