What does thankfulness mean?
Thankfulness means The state of being thankful..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · 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.
No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or[…]. And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays as I could get, when he was off with a girl, in a spirit of thankfulness.
King's Messenger, 1918-1940: Memoirs of a Silver Greyhound. By George P. Antrobus, O.B.E., King's Foreign Service Messenger 1918-1940. London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd. Price 10s. 6d. net. [...] There is cause for thankfulness that he had just completed this book before he died, for it is a worthy memorial.
Use thankfulness when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Thankfulness means The state of being thankful..
Common synonyms include appreciation, gratefulness, gratitude, appreciativeness.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
All our Diſcontents about what we want, appeared to me, to ſpring from the want of Thankfulneſs for what we have.
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