ingratitude
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7.2
- noun
- /ɪnˈɡrætɪtjud/
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ingratitud
- It was hard for her to understand the child's ingratitude after all the help she had given him.
It will be I am running for president and this guy cannot do the job or he's disloyal or he's full of ingratitude or whatever.
- It will be I am running for president and this guy cannot do the job or he's disloyal or he's full of ingratitude or whatever.
- He seems genuinely wedded to ingratitude to The Who people for showing him empathy and kindness and agreeableness.
Examples
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If there's anything I despise, it's ingratitude.
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If I didn't know you better, I'd call this ingratitude.
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I never heard of such ingratitude in my entire life.
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I feel that many people in the world offer ingratitude for the efforts of others.
Blog text (23) -
You know, you kids really need to find appropriate ways to express your ingratitude.
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Such Ingratitude brings a tear to my eye when I think of all the hard work that went into making this thrill ride.
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The more he thought about the boy and his ingratitude, the angrier he became.
Fiction book (1990) -
In justice to ourselves, we should not permit the ingratitude of a few to make us condemn the whole world.
Blog text (23) -
What ingratitude!
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Every consideration of an AID authorization became an occasion for Congress to demonstrate its displeasure with New Delhi's ingratitude for American assistance.
Academic text (2001)
Synonyms
Not saying thank you when people help you
A situation when people do not say thank you for someone's help
Antonyms
How Grateful
Surface Forms
Morphology
ingratitude = gratitude (transparent) = in + grat + itude
For learners who know 'gratitude', the negative prefix 'in-' straightforwardly gives the meaning 'lack of gratitude'.
Etymology
Ingratitude comes from the prefix in- meaning 'not' and gratitude, the same root as grateful, meaning 'thankfulness'. So, ingratitude means 'not thankful' or a failure to show thanks.