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ungrateful

[ uhn-greyt-fuhl ]

adjective

  1. unappreciative; not displaying gratitude; not giving due return or recompense for benefits conferred:

    ungrateful heirs.

  2. unpleasant; distasteful; repellent:

    an ungrateful task.



ungrateful

/ ʌˈɡɪٴʊ /

adjective

  1. not grateful or thankful
  2. unrewarding or unpleasant; thankless
  3. (of land) failing to increase fertility in response to cultivation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ܲˈٱڳܱ, adverb
  • ܲˈٱڳܱԱ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ܲ·ٱfܱ· adverb
  • ܲ·ٱfܱ·Ա noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of ungrateful1

First recorded in 1545–55; un- 1 + grateful
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Example Sentences

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Some said they had "crossed the line", while others called them "stupid and reckless," and even "ungrateful" for picking a fight with Ador.

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But days later he was back in the news, at the centre of a blistering row with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, whom he accused of being ungrateful.

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Senegal and Chad have reacted strongly to remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron about African countries being ungrateful over France's role in helping fight militant jihadist insurgencies.

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They remained unified behind a president who promised to stick it to undocumented immigrants, ungrateful foreign leaders and out-of-touch elitists in academia and the media.

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The speaker went on to bemoan “ungrateful black kids” and Jewish people in the community.

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