gratefulness

gratefulness — noun

1. a warm feeling you have toward someone because of a kind thing they did for you,

1.名詞B2
釋義

a warm feeling you have toward someone because of a kind thing they did for you, or a similar feeling toward life when good things happen.

例句

Naoko wrote her piano teacher a letter full of gratefulness for years of patient lessons.

gratefulness for + noun phrase

After the surgery went well, Emre felt a deep gratefulness toward every nurse on the ward.

gratefulness toward + person

同義詞
  • gratitude

    more common; often the outward attitude rather than the inner feeling

  • thankfulness

    near-synonym; slightly more focused on a single occasion of relief

  • appreciation

    broader — can be for value or quality, not only kindness received

反義詞
  • ingratitude

    the standard opposite — failure to feel or show thanks

  • resentment

    active negative feeling, often where gratefulness would be expected

文法句型

gratefulness for + noun

gratefulness to + person

用法筆記

Often interchangeable with 'gratitude', but 'gratefulness' tends to describe the inner emotion itself, while 'gratitude' more often names the attitude shown to others. Subject is usually a person; takes 'for' before the cause and 'to/toward' before the person thanked.

常見錯誤

❌I want to express my gratefulness of your help.
✅I want to express my gratefulness for your help.
💡use 'for' before the thing being thanked for, not 'of'.
❌She showed gratefulness at the doctor.
✅She showed gratefulness to the doctor.
💡the person thanked takes 'to' or 'toward', not 'at'.