ingratitude
A lack or absence of gratitudeA lack or absence of gratitude; thanklessness.
» His ingratitude is never at an end.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable, usually)A lack or absence of gratitude; thanklessness.
Undank, Undankbarkeit, fehlende Dankbarkeit
неблагода́рностьneblagodárnostʹ
невдя́чністьnevdjáčnistʹ
a lack of gratitude
Examples
7 sentencesHis ingratitude is never at an end.
Good has as its grave human ingratitude.
All she got for her pains was ingratitude.
deAlles, was sie für ihre Bemühungen bekam, war Undankbarkeit.
The ingratitude is what disappointed me the most.
People who do not look after their parents are guilty of ingratitude.
Translations
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Origin
From in- + gratitude, from Old French ingratitude, from Late Latin ingrātitūdō. By surfaceFrom in- + gratitude, from Old French ingratitude, from Late Latin ingrātitūdō. By surface analysis, in- + Latin grat(us) + -itude.
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Forms
plural: ingratitudes| Singular | ingratitude |
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uncountable
Synonyms
1 synonyms- a lack of gratitude:ungratefulness
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable