† ingratefuladj.
Obsolete.
Not grateful, ungrateful.
1. Not pleasant or acceptable to the mind or senses; displeasing, disagreeable: = ingrate adj. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > [adjective] > relating to that which is disliked
unliefOE
peevisha1522
unsavoury1536
ingrate1539
unliked1560
ingrateful1567
dislikeful1596
disgracious1597
disaffected1621
disliked1632
disrelished1659
invidious1710
objectional1799
unlikeable1834
dislikable1843
unfavourite1934
1567 T. Palfreyman Baldwin's Treat. Morall Philos. (new ed.) iii. iv. f. 96v It is to be..imputed as vaine before him, ingratefull, hurtful, & voyde.
1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. ii. 56/1 The Oyl is of an ingrateful Odour.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. xxiv. 229 Sir Charles told him, That it was a very ingrateful thing to him to hear his father spoken slightly of.
2. Unfriendly, harsh. rare. (Cf. ingrate adj. 2.)
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the mind > emotion > hatred > hostility > [adjective]
witherwardc888
unholdc900
fremda1000
foeOE
hatelyOE
onwardOE
fiendlyc1050
witherc1175
unbaina1300
quedec1300
wrong1340
aliena1382
enemiablea1382
enemyfula1382
enemyc1384
ingrate1393
unfriendly1425
undisposed1456
oppugnanta1513
infest1513
enemious?1529
cold1557
enemylike1561
enemyly1573
ingratefulc1575
opposed1584
misliking1586
infestuous1593
infensive1596
infestious1597
affrontous1598
foe-hearted1598
ill-affecteda1599
inimicous1598
friendless?1611
haggardly1635
infensea1641
inimicitious1641
inimicitial1656
inimical1678
inamicable1683
indisposed1702
uneasy1725
hostile1791
adversarial1839
chilly1841
c1575 G. Turberville Death Dame Elyzabeth Arhundle (R.) If ought my slender skill or writing were of powre, No processe of ingratefull time her vertues should deuour.
3. Not feeling or showing gratitude.
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the mind > emotion > gratitude > ingratitude > [adjective]
unkindc1300
slowful1484
unthankful1499
unthankfulc1500
ingrate1528
thankless1536
ungrate1548
ingrateful1553
ungrateful1553
grateless1577
unacknowledging1611
unthanking1902
1553 J. Bale Vocacyon Concl. f. 47v In stede of them, thu hast brought fourth..ingratefull contempte of the truthe, and hate of the faithfull preachers therof.
1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 484 Whiche are sometimes ingratefull to God for his mercies.
1654 Trag. Alphonsus i. 10 I may be thought A most ingrateful wretch unto my Friend.
1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. (1761) I. 513 His treatment of the Queen..was unbrotherly and ingrateful.
a1907 F. Thompson Wks. (1913) II. 164 We take ingrateful, for a blinded while, Thine ignorant, sweet smile.
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