Thankfulness
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Thankfulness is a noun meaning The state of being thankful.
Meaning
The state of being thankful.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- thankfulnesses
- thankefulnesse
Synonyms for thankfulness
Depending on context, synonyms include appreciation, gratefulness, gratitude, appreciativeness.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gratefulness, appreciativeness, gratitude, unthankfulness, thankworthiness, ungratefulness.
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