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# gratefulness

«gratefulness» in Mova's school dictionary: **the feeling of being thankful and glad for something…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (gratefulness, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

Gratefulness is the feeling of being thankful and glad for something someone did for you or for good things in your life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gratefulness/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and wellbeing lessons, gratefulness means noticing good things and saying thank you. Some families or classes keep a gratitude journal. In church, Christians give thanks to God in prayer as a sign of gratefulness. In stories, a character's gratefulness shows kindness and good manners.

### examples

- She felt deep gratefulness to the firefighters who saved her cat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gratefulness/#x1)
- Writing thank-you cards shows gratefulness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gratefulness/#x2)
- Our class shared moments of gratefulness every Friday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gratefulness/#x3)
- His gratefulness made the old lady smile. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gratefulness/#x4)
- Gratefulness can help you feel happier. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gratefulness/#x5)
- The family prayed with gratefulness before the meal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gratefulness/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. «Gratitude» means the same and is more common; gratefulness is correct but used less. Adjective: grateful (only one «l» at the end, not «greatful»).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gratefulness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gratefulness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.