ingratitude en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɪnˈɡɹætɪtʃuːd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /ɪnˈɡɹætɪtjuːd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɪnˈɡɹætɪtud/ (General-American)
Etymology
From in- + gratitude, from Old French ingratitude, from Late Latin ingrātitūdō. By surface analysis, in- + Latin grat(us) + -itude.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) A lack or absence of gratitude; thanklessness.
“Mrs. Yule's chagrin and horror at what she called her son's base ingratitude knew no bounds ; at first it was even thought that she would never get over it.[…]”
1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Tragedy in Dartmoor Terrace”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:Blondie: Tut, tut. Such ingratitude after all the times I saved your life.
1966, Age & Scarpelli, Sergio Leone, and Luciano Vincenzoni (writers), Sergio Leone (director), Clint Eastwood (actor), The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (movie), Produzioni Europee Associati
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ingratitudes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (45)
gv neuwooise (thanklessness) · hy ապերախտություն (thanklessness) · lv nepateicība (thanklessness) · tl pasiwalanloob (thanklessness) · tl kaburisingkawan (thanklessness) · fr ingratitude (thanklessness) · pdt Ondank (thanklessness) · ka უმადურობა (thanklessness) · gl ingratitude (thanklessness) · gd mì-thaing (thanklessness) · lv nepateicīgums (thanklessness) · hy երախտամոռություն (thanklessness) · stq Uuntonk (thanklessness) · te కృతఘ్నత (thanklessness) · cs nevděčnost (thanklessness) · bg неблагодарност (thanklessness) · hi अकृतज्ञता (thanklessness) · hi कृतघ्नता (thanklessness) · gv anwooise (thanklessness) · fi epäkiitollisuus (thanklessness) · enm unkyndehede (thanklessness) · sq mosmirënjohje (thanklessness) · cs nevděk (thanklessness) · pl niewdzięczność (thanklessness) · hu hálátlanság (thanklessness) · uk невдя́чність (thanklessness) · el αχαριστία (thanklessness) · sv otacksamhet (thanklessness) · nl ondankbaarheid (thanklessness) · tl kabusungan (thanklessness) · de Undankbarkeit (thanklessness) · az naşükürlük (thanklessness) · el αγνωμοσύνη (thanklessness) · sh незахва́лно̄ст (thanklessness) · sh nezahválnōst (thanklessness) · pt ingratidão (thanklessness) · az nankorluq (thanklessness) · de fehlende Dankbarkeit (thanklessness) · enm unkyndenesse (thanklessness) · ca ingratitud (thanklessness) · az yaxşılıq bilməmə (thanklessness) · ru неблагода́рность (thanklessness) · gl engratidume (thanklessness) · de Undank (thanklessness) · es ingratitud (thanklessness)