thankless

English

Etymology

From Middle English thankles, equivalent to thank +‎ -less.

Adjective

thankless (not comparable)

(of a task) not appreciated or rewarded
- 2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman‎:
  In a raucous atmosphere, it was an unforgiving and physical contest from the start. Grant Hanley conceded the first free-kick within the opening 20 seconds, setting the tone for a busy and thankless evening for Serbian referee Milorad Mazic.
(of a person) ungrateful or unappreciative

Antonyms

thankful

Translations

unappreciated

Bulgarian: неблагода́рен (bg) (neblagodáren)
Catalan: ingrat
Danish: utaknemmelig
Dutch: ondankbaar (nl)
Faroese: ótakksamur
Finnish: epäkiitollinen (fi)
German: undankbar (de)
Hungarian: hálátlan (hu)
Icelandic: vanþakklátur
Norwegian:
Bokmål: utakknemlig (no)

Nynorsk: utakknemleg
Polish: niewdzięczny (pl)
Russian: неблагода́рный (ru) (neblagodárnyj)
Spanish: ingrato (es) m, despreciado (es) m
Swedish: otacksam (sv)

ungrateful or unappreciative — see ungrateful,‎ unappreciative

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