Grateful
Grateful adjective - Feeling or expressing gratitude.
Usage example: she was grateful for her neighbor's help after she broke her foot
Pleased is a synonym for grateful in appreciative topic. In some cases you can use "Pleased" instead an adjective "Grateful".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- agreeable and grateful
- agreeable and pleased
- willing and grateful
- willing and pleased
- cordial and grateful
- cordial and pleased
- happy and grateful
- happy and pleased
- comfortable and grateful
- comfortable and pleased
- jolly and grateful
- jolly and pleased
- appreciative and grateful
- appreciative and pleased
Both words in one sentence
- The boys, Samuel and Daniel, seem amiable and immensely grateful; Leas family back on Long Islandhusband Mark, a child psychologist, and their two children, Ira and Elenaarent quite so pleased.
Source: Literature / Red Rain
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