Adjective

(en-adj)

Showing appreciation, being thankful.

I'm grateful that you helped me out.

I'm grateful to you for helping me out

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Recognizing the importance of a source of pleasure.

Pleasing, welcome.

* Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Skeleton in Armor :

Fell I upon my spear, / Oh, death was grateful !

* Herman Melville, Omoo

grateful underfoot was the damp and slightly yielding beach, from which the waves seemed just retired.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.

* 1611 , King James Bible , Matthew 5:5

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

In Catholicism, a title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of those who have lived in sanctity or died as martyrs.

Held in veneration; revered.

Worthy of worship; holy.

(informal) An intensifier; damned.

Not one blessed person offered to help me out.