ungrateful

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ grateful.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʌnˈɡɹeɪtfəl/
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Adjective

ungrateful (comparative more ungrateful, superlative most ungrateful)

Not grateful; not expressing gratitude.
Antonym: grateful

Near-synonyms: unappreciative, unthankful
Disagreeable, repellent, unpleasant.
- 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XXXVIII, page 59:
  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.

Related terms

ingrateful

Translations

not grateful

Azerbaijani: naşükür, nankor, yaxşılıq bilməyən, dəyərbilməz, qədirbilməz, niblaqadarnı (slang)
Belarusian: няўдзя́чны (njaŭdzjáčny)
Bulgarian: неблагода́рен (bg) (neblagodáren)
Catalan: malagraït, desagraït, ingrat
Chinese:
Mandarin: 忘恩負義／忘恩负义 (zh) (wàng'ēnfùyì)
Czech: nevděčný m
Danish: utaknemmelig, utaknemlig
Dutch: ondankbaar (nl)
Estonian: tänamatu
Faroese: ótakksamur
Finnish: epäkiitollinen (fi), kiittämätön (fi)
French: ingrat (fr)
Georgian: უმადური (umaduri)
German: undankbar (de)
Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌲𐍃 (launawargs), 𐌿𐌽𐍆𐌰𐌲𐍂𐍃 (unfagrs)
Greek: αχάριστος (el) (acháristos), αγνώμων (el) (agnómon)
Ancient: ἀχάριστος (akháristos)
Hungarian: hálátlan (hu)
Indonesian: tak berterimakasih, tidak tahu berterima kasih
Italian: ingrato (it), irriconoscente
Korean: 배은망덕 (ko) (baeeunmangdeok)
Latin: ingrātus
Latvian: nepateicīgs
Macedonian: неблагодарен (neblagodaren)
Norwegian: utakknemlig (no)
Polish: niewdzięczny (pl)
Portuguese: ingrato (pt), mal-agradecido
Russian: неблагода́рный (ru) (neblagodárnyj)
Sanskrit: अकृतज्ञ (sa) (akṛtajña)
Slovak: nevďačný
Spanish: desagradecido (es), ingrato (es), malagradecido (es)
Swedish: otacksam (sv)
Tagalog: busong, burisingkaw
Telugu: కృతఘ్నము (kr̥taghnamu)
Thai: ทรพี (tɔɔ-rá-pii), อกตัญญู (th) (à-gà-dtan-yuu)
Tocharian B: akritātñe
Turkish: nankör (tr)
Ukrainian: невдя́чний (nevdjáčnyj)
Yiddish: אָן דאַנק (on dank)

Noun

ungrateful (plural ungratefuls)

A person who fails to show gratitude; an ingrate.

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