ungrateful

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ grateful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈɡɹeɪtfəl/

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Adjective

ungrateful (comparative more ungrateful, superlative most ungrateful)

1. Not grateful; not expressing gratitude.

   Antonym: grateful

   Near-synonyms: unappreciative, unthankful

   • 1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “A Duel”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, pages 84–85:

     “It seems to delight you to think that you are to leave Paris, and that we shall not see each other for months, perhaps. Tarzan, you are a most ungrateful beast!” and D’Arnot laughed.

2. Disagreeable, repellent, unpleasant.
   • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXXVIII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 59:

     If any care for what is here
     ⁠Survive in spirits render’d free,
     ⁠Then are these songs I sing of thee
     Not all ungrateful to thine ear.

Synonyms

• ingrate

Related terms

• ingrateful

Translations

not grateful

• Armenian: ապերախտ (hy) (aperaxt)
• Azerbaijani: naşükür, nankor, yaxşılıq bilməyən, dəyərbilməz, qədirbilməz, niblaqadarnı (slang)
• Belarusian: няўдзя́чны (njawdzjáčny)
• Bulgarian: неблагода́рен (bg) (neblagodáren)
• Catalan: malagraït, desagraït, ingrat
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 忘恩負義 / 忘恩负义 (zh) (wàng'ēnfùyì)

• Czech: nevděčný (cs) m
• Danish: utaknemmelig, utaknemlig
• Dutch: ondankbaar (nl)
• Estonian: tänamatu
• Faroese: ótakksamur
• Finnish: epäkiitollinen (fi), kiittämätön (fi)
• French: ingrat (fr)
• Georgian: უმადური (umaduri)
• German: undankbar (de)
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌲𐍃 (launawargs), 𐌿𐌽𐍆𐌰𐌲𐍂𐍃 (unfagrs)
• Greek: αχάριστος (el) (acháristos), αγνώμων (el) (agnómon)

  Ancient: ἀχάριστος (akháristos)

• Hebrew: כְּפוּי טוֹבָה (he) m (kfuy tová)
• Hindi: अकृतज्ञ (hi) (akŕtajña), कृतघ्न (hi) (kŕtaghna)
• Hungarian: hálátlan (hu)
• Indonesian: tak berterimakasih, tidak tahu berterima kasih
• Irish: neamhbhuíoch
• Italian: ingrato (it), irriconoscente
• Korean: 배은망덕 (ko) (baeeunmangdeok)
• Latin: ingrātus
• Latvian: nepateicīgs
• Macedonian: неблагодарен (neblagodaren)
• Norwegian: utakknemlig (no)
• Polish: niewdzięczny (pl)
• Portuguese: ingrato (pt), mal-agradecido
• Russian: неблагода́рный (ru) (neblagodárnyj)
• Sanskrit: अकृतज्ञ (sa) (akṛtajña)
• Slovak: nevďačný
• Spanish: desagradecido (es), ingrato (es), malagradecido (es)
• Swedish: otacksam (sv)
• Tagalog: busong, burisingkaw
• Telugu: కృతఘ్నము (kr̥taghnamu)
• Thai: ทรพี (tɔɔ-rá-pii), อกตัญญู (th) (à-gà-dtan-yuu)
• Tocharian B: akritātñe
• Turkish: nankör (tr)
• Ukrainian: невдя́чний (nevdjáčnyj)
• Yiddish: אָן דאַנק (on dank)

Noun

ungrateful (plural ungratefuls)

1. A person who fails to show gratitude; an ingrate.