Definitions for ungrateful
ʌnˈgreɪt fəlun·grate·ful

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. 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

2. ungratefuladjective

   disagreeable

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. ungratefuladjective

   not grateful; not expressing gratitude; a dissatisfied person.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ungratefuladjective

   1. Making no returns, or making ill returns for kindness.

   No person is remarkably ungrateful, who was not also insufferably proud. South.

   2. Making no returns for culture.

   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.

   3. Unpleasing; unacceptable.

   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.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ungrateful

   Ungratefulness is the lack of gratitude.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. Ungratefuladjective

   not grateful; not thankful for favors; making no returns, or making ill return for kindness, attention, etc.; ingrateful

2. Ungratefuladjective

   unpleasing; unacceptable; disagreeable; as, harsh sounds are ungrateful to the ear

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ungrateful in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ungrateful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of ungrateful in a Sentence

1. Tommy Hanes:

   Rep. Omar is ungrateful to the United States and the opportunities that have been afforded to her, anyone that holds contempt for America ought not serve this great nation as a member of Congress.

2. Gwyneth Paltrow:

   If you have the same capacities and you are doing the same job, it is criminal not to pay the same salary. you were considered ungrateful, you were considered entitled, so I think it's amazing that women now are saying 'we're going to talk about this. This isn't fair,'.

3. Kahlil Gibran:

   I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.

4. Shari Smith:

   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.

5. Kahlil Gibron:

   I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; Yet strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ungrateful
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ungrateful
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ungrateful
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ungrateful
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ungrateful
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=ungrateful
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=ungrateful