ungrateful

C2 Topic:Animals
US /ʌnˈɡɹeɪtfəl/
adj Freq #7994

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    not feeling or showing gratitude

    Ungrateful heirs.

  2. 2
    adj

    disagreeable

    I will not perform the ungrateful task of comparing cases of failure- Abraham Lincoln.

  3. 3
    adj

    Not grateful; not expressing gratitude.

    Near-synonyms: unappreciative, unthankful.

  4. 4
    adj

    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.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · not feeling or showing... thanklessunthankful
3 adj · not grateful; not... unappreciativeunthankful
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Word family
Forms ungratefulness
Related forms ingrateful

Etymology

From un- + grateful.

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