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ungrateful

adj
/ʌnˈɡɹeɪtfəl/

Etymology

From un- + grateful.

  1. derived from *gʷerH-✻ — “to express approval, praise; to elevate”
  2. learned borrowing from grātus — “agreeable, pleasing; beloved, dear; grateful, thankful”
  3. prefixed as ungrateful — “un + grateful”

Definitions

  1. Not grateful

    Not grateful; not expressing gratitude.

    • Near-synonyms: unappreciative, unthankful
    • “It seems to delight you to think that you are to leave Paris, and that we shall not see each other for months, perhaps. Tarzan, you are a most ungrateful beast!” and D’Arnot laughed.

  2. Disagreeable, repellent, unpleasant.

    • If any care for what is here ⁠Survive in spirits render’d free, ⁠Then are these songs I sing of thee Not all ungrateful to thine ear.

  3. A person who fails to show gratitude

    A person who fails to show gratitude; an ingrate.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA