Word Study
ungrateful
CIDE DICTIONARY
ungrateful, a.
- Not grateful; not thankful for favors; making no returns, or making ill return for kindness, attention, etc.; ingrateful. South. [1913 Webster]
- Unpleasing; unacceptable; disagreeable; as, harsh sounds are ungrateful to the ear. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ungrateful, adj.
1 not feeling or showing gratitude.
2 not pleasant or acceptable.
1 not feeling or showing gratitude.
2 not pleasant or acceptable.
Derivative
ungratefully adv. ungratefulness n.
ROGET THESAURUS
ungrateful
Ingratitude
N ingratitude, thanklessness, oblivion of benefits, unthankfulness, benefits forgot, thankless task, thankless office, ungrateful, unmindful, unthankful, thankless, ingrate, wanting in gratitude, insensible of benefits, forgotten, unacknowledged, unthanked, unrequited, unrewarded, ill- requited, Int, thank you for nothing!, thanks for nothing!, et tu Brute!, ingratitude! thou marble-hearted fiend.For further exploring for "ungrateful" in Webster Dictionary Online