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un·grate·ful

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–adjective

1.	unappreciative; not displaying gratitude; not giving due return or recompense for benefits conferred: ungrateful heirs.

2.	unpleasant; distasteful; repellent: an ungrateful task.

[Origin: 1545–55; un-¹ + grateful

]

—Related forms

un·grate·ful·ly, adverb

un·grate·ful·ness, noun

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un·grate·ful Audio Help (ŭn-grāt'fəl) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Not feeling or exhibiting gratitude, thanks, or appreciation.
Not agreeable or pleasant; repellent: "I will not perform the ungrateful task of comparing cases of failure" (Abraham Lincoln).

un·grate'ful·ly adv., un·grate'ful·ness n.

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ungrateful

1553, from un- (1) "not" + grateful.

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ungrateful
adjective
1.	not feeling or showing gratitude; "ungrateful heirs"; "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!"- Shakespeare [ant: grateful]
2.	disagreeable; "I will not perform the ungrateful task of comparing cases of failure"- Abraham Lincoln

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
ungrateful [anˈgreitful] adjective

not showing thanks for kindness
Example: It will look very ungrateful if you don't write and thank him.

Arabic:	عَقوق، جاحِد
Chinese (Simplified):	忘恩负义的, 不领情的
Chinese (Traditional):	忘恩負義的, 不領情的
Czech:	nevděčný
Danish:	utaknemmelig
Dutch:	ondankbaar
Estonian:	tänamatu
Finnish:	kiittämätön
French:	ingrat
German:	undankbar
Greek:	αγνώμων, αχάριστος
Hungarian:	hálátlan
Icelandic:	vanþakklátur

Italian:	ingrato
Japanese:	恩知らずの
Latvian:	nepateicīgs
Lithuanian:	nedėkingas
Norwegian:	utakknemlig
Polish:	niewdzięczny
Portuguese (Portugal):	ingrato
Russian:	неблагодарный
Slovak:	nevďačný
Slovenian:	nehvaležen
Spanish:	ingrato
Swedish:	otacksam
Turkish:	nankör

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Ungrateful

Un*grate"ful\, a. 1. Not grateful; not thankful for favors; making no returns, or making ill return for kindness, attention, etc.; ingrateful. --South.

2. Unpleasing; unacceptable; disagreeable; as, harsh sounds are ungrateful to the ear. -- Un*grate"ful*ly, adv. -- Un*grate"ful*ness, n.

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