ungrateful en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ʌnˈɡɹeɪtfəl/
Etymology
From un- + grateful.
Meanings
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Not grateful; not expressing gratitude.
Near-synonyms: unappreciative, unthankful
“It seems to delight you to think that you are to leave Paris, and that we shall not see each other for months, perhaps. Tarzan, you are a most ungrateful beast!” and D’Arnot laughed.
1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “A Duel”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, pages 84–85:
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Disagreeable, repellent, unpleasant.
If any care for what is here Survive in spirits render’d free, Then are these songs I sing of thee Not all ungrateful to thine ear.
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXXVIII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 59:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most ungrateful | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more ungrateful | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
Relateds
Synonyms
unthankful · unappreciative · ingrate
Translations (62)
pt mal-agradecido (not grateful) · hu hálátlan (not grateful) · it ingrato (not grateful) · be няўдзя́чны (not grateful) · la ingrātus (not grateful) · hi कृतघ्न (not grateful) · da utaknemmelig (not grateful) · el αγνώμων (not grateful) · cs nevděčný (not grateful) · th ทรพี (not grateful) · nl ondankbaar (not grateful) · txb akritātñe (not grateful) · el αχάριστος (not grateful) · fi kiittämätön (not grateful) · yi אָן דאַנק (not grateful) · ka უმადური (not grateful) · es malagradecido (not grateful) · tl burisingkaw (not grateful) · es desagradecido (not grateful) · tl busong (not grateful) · az nankor (not grateful) · da utaknemlig (not grateful) · et tänamatu (not grateful) · hy ապերախտ (not grateful) · ca ingrat (not grateful) · ru неблагода́рный (not grateful) · ga neamhbhuíoch (not grateful) · tr nankör (not grateful) · sk nevďačný (not grateful) · ca malagraït (not grateful) · grc ἀχάριστος (not grateful) · pt ingrato (not grateful) · ca desagraït (not grateful) · fi epäkiitollinen (not grateful) · he כְּפוּי טוֹבָה (not grateful) · fr ingrat (not grateful) · hi अकृतज्ञ (not grateful) · ko 배은망덕 (not grateful) · sv otacksam (not grateful) · lv nepateicīgs (not grateful) · az dəyərbilməz (not grateful) · got 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌲𐍃 (not grateful) · az niblaqadarnı (not grateful) · uk невдя́чний (not grateful) · az yaxşılıq bilməyən (not grateful) · id tidak tahu berterima kasih (not grateful) · mk неблагодарен (not grateful) · pl niewdzięczny (not grateful) · fo ótakksamur (not grateful) · th อกตัญญู (not grateful) · got 𐌿𐌽𐍆𐌰𐌲𐍂𐍃 (not grateful) · te కృతఘ్నము (not grateful) · it irriconoscente (not grateful) · es ingrato (not grateful) · cmn 忘恩負義 /忘恩负义 (not grateful) · bg неблагода́рен (not grateful) · id tak berterimakasih (not grateful) · az qədirbilməz (not grateful) · az naşükür (not grateful) · de undankbar (not grateful) · no utakknemlig (not grateful) · sa अकृतज्ञ (not grateful)