Roget's Thesaurus#916. GratitudeNounsgratitude, thankfulness, feeling of obligation, sense of obligation. acknowledgment, recognition, thanksgiving, giving thanks; thankful good will. thanks, praise, benediction; paean; Te Deum [Lat.] etc. (worship) 990; grace, grace before meat, grace after meat, grace before meals, grace after meals; thank offering. requital. Verbsbe grateful etc. adj.; thank; give thanks, render thanks, return thanks, offer thanks, tender thanks etc. n.; acknowledge, requite. feel under an obligation, be under an obligation, lie under an obligation; savoir gre [Fr.]; not look a gift horse in the mouth; never forget, overflow with gratitude; thank one's stars, thank one's lucky stars, bless one's stars; fall on one's knees. Adjectivesgrateful, thankful, obliged, beholden, indebted to, under obligation. Interjectionsthanks!, many thanks!, gramercy!, much obliged!, thank you!, thank you very much!, thanks a lot!, thanks a heap, thanks loads [Coll.]; thank Heaven!, Heaven be praised!, Gott sei Dank! [G.]. |