thanklessadj.

Etymology: < thank n. + -less suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈthankless.

1. Not moved by or expressing gratitude; unthankful, ungrateful. Also figurative of things: Making no return, unresponsive.

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the mind > emotion > gratitude > ingratitude > [adjective]

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1536 D. Lindsay Answer to Kingis Flyting 33 Full sair I rew That euer I did Mouth thankles so persew.

c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) v. 65.

1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie iii. ix. sig. G7^v All as thanklesse as vngratefull Thames He slinkes away, leauing but reeching steames Of dungie slime behind.

1638 J. Milton Lycidas in Obsequies 22 in Justa Edouardo King And stridly meditate the thanklesse Muse?

1792 W. Cowper in Yearly Bill Mortality Parish All-Saints (Northampton) 1791–2 (single sheet) Thankless for Favours from on high.

1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. i. 3 How can you be so thankless to your best friend?

2. Of a task, or the like: Which brings no thanks; receiving or deserving no thanks.

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the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adjective] > unpleasant

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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > profitless or unrewarding > specifically of labour

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a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Aiii^v But whereunto these thanklesse tales in vaine Do I reherse?

1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. ii. lix. 88 A thancklesse office and displeasing.

1690 J. Norris Christian Blessedness 176 Not only a thankless, but an odious, difficult and hazardous Undertaking.

1868 M. E. Braddon Dead-Sea Fruit i It is but a thankless task to catalogue such a face.

3. Without thanks; unthanked. rare.

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the mind > emotion > gratitude > ingratitude > [adjective] > not thanked

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unacknowledged1583

thankless1638

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 168 The Ambassador had no patience to digest it, save by equall contempt to..send him thanklesse back againe.

1897 Westm. Gaz. 22 Feb. 2/1 Prince Max comes to the Court of Ferdinand to return, thankless, a picture painted by Ferdinand.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	thankless
释义	thanklessadj. Etymology: < thank n. + -less suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈthankless. 1. Not moved by or expressing gratitude; unthankful, ungrateful. Also figurative of things: Making no return, unresponsive. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > gratitude > ingratitude > [adjective] unkindc1300 slowful1484 unthankful1499 unthankfulc1500 ingrate1528 thankless1536 ungrate1548 ingrateful1553 ungrateful1553 grateless1577 unacknowledging1611 unthanking1902 1536 D. Lindsay Answer to Kingis Flyting 33 Full sair I rew That euer I did Mouth thankles so persew. c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) v. 65. 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie iii. ix. sig. G7^v All as thanklesse as vngratefull Thames He slinkes away, leauing but reeching steames Of dungie slime behind. 1638 J. Milton Lycidas in Obsequies 22 in Justa Edouardo King And stridly meditate the thanklesse Muse? 1792 W. Cowper in Yearly Bill Mortality Parish All-Saints (Northampton) 1791–2 (single sheet) Thankless for Favours from on high. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. i. 3 How can you be so thankless to your best friend? 2. Of a task, or the like: Which brings no thanks; receiving or deserving no thanks. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adjective] > unpleasant loatha700 unsweetc890 grimlyc893 unquemeOE un-i-quemeOE evila1131 sourc1175 illc1220 unhightlyc1275 unwelcomec1325 unblithec1330 unnetc1330 unrekena1350 unagreeablec1374 uncouthc1380 unsavouryc1380 displeasantc1386 unlikinga1398 ungaina1400 crabbedc1400 unlovelyc1400 displeasing1401 eschewc1420 unsoot1420 mislikinga1425 unlikelya1425 unlustya1425 fastidiousc1425 unpleasantc1430 displicable1471 unthankfulc1475 displeasant1481 uneasy1483 unpleasinga1500 unfaring1513 badc1530 malpleasant?1533 noisome1542 thanklessa1547 ungrate1548 untoothsome1548 ungreeable1550 contrary1561 disagreeable1570 offensible1575 offensive1576 naughty1578 delightlessa1586 undelightful1585 unwisheda1586 unpleasurable1587 undelightsomec1595 dislikeful1596 disliking1596 ungrateful1596 unsweet?a1600 distastive1600 impleasing1602 distasting1603 distasteful1607 unsightly1608 undelectable1610 disgustful1611 unrelishing1611 waspisha1616 undeliciousa1618 unwished-for1617 disrelishing1631 unenjoyed1643 unjoyous1645 mirya1652 unwelcomed1651 unpleasivea1656 sweet1656 injucund1657 insuave1657 unpalatable1658 unhandsome1660 undesirable1667 disrelishablea1670 uncouthsome1684 shocking1703 nasty1705 embittering1746 indelectable1751 undelightinga1774 nice and ——1796 unenjoyablea1797 ungenial1796 uncomplacent1805 ungracious1807 bitter1810 rotten1813 uncongenial1813 quarrelsome1825 grimy1833 nice1836 unrelished1863 bloody1867 unbewitching1876 ferocious1877 displeasurable1879 rebarbative1892 charming1893 crook1898 naar1900 peppery1901 negative1902 poisonous1906 off-putting1935 unsympathetic1937 piggy1942 funky1946 umpty1948 pooey1967 minging1970 Scrooge-like1976 sucky1984 stank1991 stanky1991 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > profitless or unrewarding > specifically of labour thanklessa1547 Sisyphian1599 Danausa1628 Sisyphean1635 Danaïdean1884 a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Aiii^v But whereunto these thanklesse tales in vaine Do I reherse? 1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. ii. lix. 88 A thancklesse office and displeasing. 1690 J. Norris Christian Blessedness 176 Not only a thankless, but an odious, difficult and hazardous Undertaking. 1868 M. E. Braddon Dead-Sea Fruit i It is but a thankless task to catalogue such a face. 3. Without thanks; unthanked. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > gratitude > ingratitude > [adjective] > not thanked unthanked1562 unacknowledged1583 thankless1638 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 168 The Ambassador had no patience to digest it, save by equall contempt to..send him thanklesse back againe. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 22 Feb. 2/1 Prince Max comes to the Court of Ferdinand to return, thankless, a picture painted by Ferdinand. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1536
随便看	stand development stand down stand easy stand etc stall stand etc the test of time stand eye of stand fair stand far off stand firm stand for stand for it stand for nothing stand for parliament stand for something stand forth stand forth to stand forward stand gammon stand great stall stand hawk stand hazard stand head and shoulders above stand heck stand high in a person's favour stand high-lone