thankfulness en · NOUN
Etymology
From thankful + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The state of being thankful.
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.
1941 October, “Railway Literature”, in Railway Magazine, page 480: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.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 46:All our Diſcontents about what we want, appeared to me, to ſpring from the want of Thankfulneſs for what we have.
1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC, page 153:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| thankfulnesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| thankefulnesse | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Synonyms
gratefulness (state of being thankful) · appreciation (state of being thankful) · gratitude (state of being thankful)
Translations (20)
el ευγνωμοσύνη (state of showing thanks) · pt gratidão (state of showing thanks) · ro recunoștință (state of showing thanks) · fi kiitollisuus (state of showing thanks) · da taknemlighed (state of showing thanks) · fr gratitude (state of showing thanks) · ka მადლიერება (state of showing thanks) · es gratitud (state of showing thanks) · hi कृतज्ञता (state of showing thanks) · ota شكر (state of showing thanks) · la gratia (state of showing thanks) · nb takknemlighet (state of showing thanks) · fr reconnaissance (state of showing thanks) · da taknemmelighed (state of showing thanks) · es conoscencia (state of showing thanks) · lv pateicība (state of showing thanks) · nl dankbaarheid (state of showing thanks) · de Dankbarkeit (state of showing thanks) · eo dankemeco (state of showing thanks) · es agradecimiento (state of showing thanks)