Dictionary

unthankful en · ADJ

Etymology

From Middle English unthankful, from Old English unþancful, unþancfull, unġeþancfull (“unthankful, ungrateful”), equivalent to un- + thankful. Cognate with Old High German undankfol (“unthankful, ungrateful”).

Meanings

1. Not thankful; ungrateful.
   • Guido has made me fanciful. I am unthankful for the good which has really fallen to our share. Henriette is very, very kind—how glad I ought to be of such powerful protection! 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 170:

Forms

Deriveds

unthankfulness · unthankfully

Translations (7)

grc ἀχάριστος (not thankful — see also ungrateful) · hi कृतघ्न (not thankful — see also ungrateful) · got 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌲𐍃 (not thankful — see also ungrateful) · sa अकृतज्ञ (not thankful — see also ungrateful) · bg неблагодарен (not thankful — see also ungrateful) · ml നന്ദികെട്ട (not thankful — see also ungrateful) · hi अकृतज्ञ (not thankful — see also ungrateful)