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[ uhn-greyt-fuhl ] / ʌnˈgreɪt fəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR ungrateful ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveunappreciative; not displaying gratitude; not giving due return or recompense for benefits conferred: ungrateful heirs. unpleasant; distasteful; repellent: an ungrateful task. Origin of ungratefulFirst recorded in 1545–55; un-1 + grateful OTHER WORDS FROM ungratefulun·grate·ful·ly, adverbun·grate·ful·ness, nounWords nearby ungratefulungotten, ungovernable, ungraceful, ungracious, ungrammatical, ungrateful, ungrudging, ungt., ungual, unguarded, unguent Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ungratefulI know one shouldn't be ungrateful, but what is it about people giving your kids ridiculous presents when you are on holiday? Prince George Given Giant Toy Wombat|Tom Sykes|April 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST There will be tears, ungrateful betrayals, but at some point—if you keep your faith—the problem child will grow up. Juvenilia: A Bibliography|Eric Puchner|February 15, 2010|DAILY BEAST Small children are ungrateful; to do one a favor is, from a business point of view, about as shrewd as making a subprime mortgage. Are the Glory Days of Fatherhood Over?|Michael Lewis|June 20, 2009|DAILY BEAST She was moving toward the door, and his ungrateful outburst had the effect of stopping her. The Quickening|Francis Lynde
Now at a single stroke he would get even with the ungrateful earth, the cause of all his misfortunes. The Cabin|Vicente Blasco Ibez I'm not ungrateful, and I hate to hurt you, but—I just can't. The White Blackbird|Hudson Douglas "Oh, I shall have to go through most of it myself, of course," was the ungrateful retort of the suffering Miss Vivian. The War-Workers|E.M. Delafield There was a perceptible, and not ungrateful, odor of cooking present. Weatherby's Inning|Ralph Henry Barbour
British Dictionary definitions for ungrateful
adjectivenot grateful or thankful unrewarding or unpleasant; thankless (of land) failing to increase fertility in response to cultivation Derived forms of ungratefulungratefully, adverbungratefulness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to ungratefulselfish, thankless, unthankful, careless, demanding, dissatisfied, faultfinding, forgetful, grasping, grumbling, heedless, ingrate, insensible, oblivious, self-centered, unmindful, unnatural, unappreciative |