thanksgiving
Offering heartfelt gratitude
Thanksgiving is the expression of gratitude, especially to God: a prayer of thanksgiving, a thanksgiving service.
The word emphasizes the act of giving thanks rather than simply feeling grateful.
They offered thanksgiving for the safe return of their loved ones. (Capitalized Thanksgiving is the American and Canadian holiday.)
Appreciative state of mind
- appreciationRecognition of worth
- blessingsFavors from the divine
- gratefulnessState of being thankful
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
acknowledgment · contentment · humility · generosity · kindness · goodwill · heartfelt · warmth
Effortless beauty of motion
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- benedictionFormal spoken blessing
- invocationCalling upon higher authority
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
thankfulness
Appreciative state of mind
- appreciationRecognition of worth
- blessingsFavors from the divine
- gratefulnessState of being thankful
grace · acknowledgment · contentment · humility · generosity · kindness · goodwill · heartfelt · warmth · cherish
grace
Effortless beauty of motion
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- benedictionFormal spoken blessing
- invocationCalling upon higher authority
- harvestreaping, fall harvest, wheat sheaf, reaper, reap
- family memorieshome videos, home movies, photo album, scrapbook, baby photos
- feastsbanquet, wedding feast, Easter feast, wedding banquet, Christmas dinner
- Food & Abundancefeast, banquet, buffet, harvest, cornucopia
- foodwaysfood rituals, food taboos, blessing food, table manners, dining etiquette
- seasonal activitiesapple picking, pumpkin carving, pumpkin patch, pumpkin picking, hayride
thanksgivingcomplaint
Expression of discontent
ingratitude · grumbling · ungratefulness · grievance · dissatisfaction
thanksgivingcurse
Invoked harm through words
malediction · anathema · execration · imprecation · damnation
- Thanksgiving dinnerTraditional November meal
- Happy ThanksgivingHoliday salutation in November
- Thanksgiving DayAnnual American gratitude holiday
- Thanksgiving turkeyTraditional November feast bird
- thanksgiving feastHoliday meal in November
- thanksgiving prayerBlessing expressing gratitude