ingratitude

C2 Topic:General Vocabulary

Also spelled ingratitoode

US /ɪnˈɡɹætɪtud/ UK /ɪnˈɡɹætɪtjuːd/ See IPA manual

Freq #35139

Meanings

1

noun
A lack or absence of gratitude; thanklessness.

“Mrs. Yule's chagrin and horror at what she called her son's base ingratitude knew no bounds ; at first it was even thought that she would never get over it.[…]”.
2

noun
a lack of gratitude

Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 noun · a lack of gratitude ungratefulness

Word family

Forms ungratitude

Etymology

From Old French ingratitude, from Late Latin ingrātitūdō. By surface analysis, in- + gratitude.

Topics

General Vocabulary

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