What does ungrateful mean?
Definitions for ungrateful
ʌnˈgreɪt fəlun·grate·ful
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Princeton's WordNet
ungrateful, thankless, unthankfuladjective
not feeling or showing gratitude
"ungrateful heirs"; "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!"- Shakespeare
ungratefuladjective
disagreeable
"I will not perform the ungrateful task of comparing cases of failure"- Abraham Lincoln
Wiktionary
ungratefuladjective
not grateful; not expressing gratitude; a dissatisfied person.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Ungratefuladjective
No person is remarkably ungrateful, who was not also insufferably proud. South.
Most when driv’n by winds, the flaming storm
Of the long files destroys the beauteous form;
Nor will the wither’d stock be green again;
But the wild olive shoots, and shades th’ ungrateful plain. Dryd.It cannot be ungrateful, or without some pleasure to posterity, to see the most exact relation of an action so full of danger. Edward Hyde.
What is in itself harsh and ungrateful, must make harsh and ungrateful impressions upon us. Francis Atterbury.
Wikipedia
Ungrateful
Ungratefulness is the lack of gratitude.
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ungrateful
Ungrateful refers to a person who is not thankful or does not express gratitude for benefits or kindness received, often taking them for granted or showing a lack of appreciation.
Webster Dictionary
Ungratefuladjective
not grateful; not thankful for favors; making no returns, or making ill return for kindness, attention, etc.; ingrateful
Ungratefuladjective
unpleasing; unacceptable; disagreeable; as, harsh sounds are ungrateful to the ear
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Ungrateful
un-grāt′fōōl, adj. not feeling or manifesting gratitude: disagreeable, irksome: not repaying one's labour, thankless.—n. Ungrate′, an ungrateful person.—adj. ungrateful.—adv. Ungrate′fully.—n. Ungrate′fulness.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ungrateful in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ungrateful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of ungrateful in a Sentence
So how can you possibly be ungrateful in my situation? How can you possibly take this for granted? since the time he was [diagnosed], he’s been enthusiastic, and happy, and I’m not kidding.
We all know there's a somewhat dark place in our history when men and women returned from Vietnam. They returned to an ungrateful nation. And I think John Canley will say this award is so important because the Marines I served with are so deserving of this recognition, this will go down in the history books and hopefully correct a piece of that.
We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, with so little, for so long, we are now qualified to do anything, with nothing.
I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.
I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.
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