gratitude

From French gratitude, from Medieval Latin grātitūdō (“thankfulness”), from Latin grātus (“thankful”). Displaced native Old English þancung.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹætɪt(j)ud/

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gratitude (countable and uncountable, plural gratitudes)

1. The state of being grateful.

• appreciation
• thankfulness
• gratefulness

• ingratitude

• grace
• grateful
• gratification
• gratify

• “gratitude”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “gratitude”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “gratitude”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

From Late Latin gratitudō.

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁa.ti.tyd/

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• Homophone: gratitudes
• Hyphenation: gra‧ti‧tude

gratitude f (plural gratitudes)

1. gratitude

   Synonym: reconnaissance

   Antonym: ingratitude

• “gratitude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.