ingratitude

English

Noun

ingratitude (uncountable)

1. A lack or absence of gratitude; thanklessness.
   • 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, The Tragedy in Dartmoor Terrace^[1]:

     “Mrs. Yule's chagrin and horror at what she called her son's base ingratitude knew no bounds ; at first it was even thought that she would never get over it. […]”

   • 1966, Age & Scarpelli, Sergio Leone, and Luciano Vincenzoni (writers), Sergio Leone (director), Clint Eastwood (actor), The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (movie), Produzioni Europee Associati:

     Blondie: Tut, tut. Such ingratitude after all the times I saved your life.

Antonyms

• gratitude

Related terms

• ungrateful

Translations

thanklessness

• Czech: nevděk (cs) m, nevděčnost (cs) f
• French: ingratitude (fr) f
• German: Undank (de) m
• Hungarian: hálátlanság (hu)

• Portuguese: ingratidão (pt) f
• Swedish: otacksamhet (sv) c
• Telugu: కృతఘ్నత (te)

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French

Etymology

Late Latin ingratitudo.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛ̃.ɡʁa.ti.tyd/, X-SAMPA: /e~.gRa.ti.tyd@/

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• Homophone: ingratitudes
• Hyphenation: in‧gra‧ti‧tude

Noun

ingratitude f (plural ingratitudes)

1. ingratitude.

Antonyms

• gratitude
• reconnaissance