If you describe someone as ungrateful, you are criticizing them for not showing thanks or for being unkind to someone who has helped them or done them a favour.
[disapproval]
I thought it was rather ungrateful.
You ungrateful brat.
Synonyms: unappreciative, thankless, unthankful, heedless More Synonyms of ungrateful
ungrateful in British English
(ʌnˈɡreɪtfʊl)
adjective
1.
not grateful or thankful
2.
unrewarding or unpleasant; thankless
3.
(of land) failing to increase fertility in response to cultivation
Derived forms
ungratefully (unˈgratefully)
adverb
ungratefulness (unˈgratefulness)
noun
Examples of 'ungrateful' in a sentence
ungrateful
Oh, it was so ungrateful of her to turn her back on him now that the years had passed.
Andrews, Virginia WEB OF DREAMS (2004)
'But - Eric likes to sleep out,' he said hastily, and then stopped, knowing he sounded ungrateful.
Amanda Hemingway THE GREENSTONE GRAIL: THE SANGREAL TRILOGY ONE (2004)
And when we went to give presents to the old people at the Old Folks Home they were ungrateful.
Adams, Ken SAMSON SUPERSLUG (2004)
In other languages
ungrateful
British English: ungrateful /ʌnˈɡreɪtfʊl/ ADJECTIVE
If you describe someone as ungrateful, you are criticizing them for not showing thanks or for being cruel to someone who has helped them.
I thought she was rather ungrateful.
American English: ungrateful
Arabic: عاقّ
Brazilian Portuguese: ingrato
Chinese: 不领情的
Croatian: nezahvalan
Czech: nevděčný
Danish: utaknemmelig
Dutch: ondankbaar
European Spanish: desagradecido
Finnish: kiittämätön
French: ingrat
German: undankbar
Greek: αχάριστος
Italian: ingrato
Japanese: 感謝を表さない
Korean: 감사해 하지 않는
Norwegian: utakknemlig
Polish: niewdzięczny
European Portuguese: ingrato
Romanian: nerecunoscător
Russian: неблагодарный
Latin American Spanish: desagradecido
Swedish: otacksam
Thai: ไม่สำนึกบุญคุณ
Turkish: nankör
Ukrainian: невдячний
Vietnamese: vô ơn
Chinese translation of 'ungrateful'
ungrateful
(ʌnˈɡreɪtful)
adj
不领(領)情的 (bù lǐngqíng de)
(adjective)
Definition
not showing or offering thanks for a favour or compliment
I don't mean to sound ungrateful in any way.
Synonyms
unappreciative
thankless
unthankful
heedless
She scattered the letters about in her heedless haste.
unmindful
ingrate (archaic)
Opposites
grateful
,
thankful
,
appreciative
,
aware
,
mindful
Additional synonyms
in the sense of heedless
Definition
taking no notice
She scattered the letters about in her heedless haste.