Grateful
Grateful adjective - Feeling or expressing gratitude.
Harsh
Harsh adjective - Not giving pleasure to the mind or senses.
Usage example: winced at the harsh sound that the beginner violinist was making
Both words in one sentence
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Brutal Honesty: There's no doubt he's extraordinarily grateful to Glee for propelling him to stardom, but nevertheless Colfer can sometimes be pretty harsh on the show compared to his colleagues.
Source: Creator / Chris Colfer - Despite having a dead or absent mother and a long-term deployed military father, Carly never uses this Freudian Excuse and if it was, people would say she was a whining brat and she should be grateful compared to Sam's 'harsh' life.
Source: Analysis / Nickelodeon
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