ingratitudein‧grat‧i‧tude /ɪnˈɡrætɪtjuːd $ -tuːd/ noun [uncountable] - He regularly accuses his children of ingratitude and selfishness.
- Such ingratitude! After all I've done for him, he treats me like dirt.
- They were shocked by her ingratitude -- she didn't seem to appreciate the trouble they had gone to.
when someone does not thank you► ungrateful someone who is ungrateful does not thank you when you do something for them, and this makes you annoyed or upset: · Our children are so ungrateful - they don't realize how much we do for them.· I am not prepared to go to jail for that ungrateful woman!
► ingratitude a lack of any feeling of being grateful when someone has given you something or does something for you: · Such ingratitude! After all I've done for him, he treats me like dirt.· They were shocked by her ingratitude -- she didn't seem to appreciate the trouble they had gone to.
► take somebody for granted to expect someone to help you or do things for you because they always have done, and never thank them or show them that you are grateful: · Like many married couples, we had started to take each other for granted.· Kids usually take their mother for granted.
noungratitude ≠ ingratitudeingrateadjectivegrateful ≠ ungratefuladverbgratefully