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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appreciative |
| Synonyms: | beholden, gratified, indebted, obliged, pleased, thankful |
| Notes: | grateful means feeling or showing gratitude or feeling thankful; gratified means having received what was desired; gratuitous means costing nothing or free - unnecessary or unwarranted - without cause |
| Antonyms: | heedless, thankless, unappreciative, ungrateful |
| Main Entry: | agreeable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | willing to be in unison, assent |
| Synonyms: | acquiescent, amenable, approving, complying, concurring, congenial, consenting, favorable, grateful, in accord, responsive, sympathetic, well-disposed, willing |
| Antonyms: | disagreeable, incongruous, repugnant, unwilling |
| Main Entry: | appreciative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thankful |
| Synonyms: | beholden, grateful, indebted, obliged, responsive |
| Antonyms: | unappreciative, ungrateful |
| Main Entry: | beholden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indebted |
| Synonyms: | bound, grateful, in hock, into, obligated, obliged, on a string, on the arm, on the cuff, on the tab, owe one, owing, responsible, under obligation |
| Antonyms: | ingrateful |
| Main Entry: | desirable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | advantageous, good |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, advisable, agreeable, beneficial, covetable, eligible, enviable, expedient, grateful, gratifying, helpful, pleasing, preferable, profitable, useful, welcome, worthwhile |
| Antonyms: | bad, detrimental, disadvantageous, evil, harmful, hurtful, injurious, unprofitable |
| Main Entry: | indebted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | under an obligation |
| Synonyms: | accountable, answerable for, appreciative, beholden, bound, bounden, chargeable, duty-bound, grateful, honor-bound, hooked, in debt, in hock, liable, obligated, obliged, owed, owing, responsible, thankful |
| Antonyms: | paid, settled |
| Main Entry: | pleasing/pleasurable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | welcome, nice |
| Synonyms: | agreeable, amiable, amusing, charming, congenial, delightful, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, entertaining, favorable, good, grateful, gratifying, likable, luscious, musical, palatable, pleasant, polite, satisfactory, satisfying, savory, suitable, sweet, winning |
| Antonyms: | bad, disagreeable, dismal, displeasing, grim, hurtful, troublesome, unpleasant, unwelcome, upsetting |
| Main Entry: | thankful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appreciative |
| Synonyms: | beholden, content, contented, grateful, gratified, indebted, much obliged, obliged, overwhelmed, pleased, relieved, satisfied |
| Antonyms: | critical, thankless, unappreciative, ungrateful, unthankful |
| Main Entry: | welcome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gladly received |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, accepted, agreeable, appreciated, cherished, congenial, contenting, cordial, delightful, desirable, desired, esteemed, favorable, genial, good, grateful, gratifying, honored, invited, nice, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, refreshing, satisfying, sympathetic, wanted |
| Antonyms: | displeasing, unacceptable, unwelcome |
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