ingratitude
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7.2
- noun
- /ɪnˈɡrætɪtjud/
- It was hard for her to understand the child's ingratitude after all the help she had given him.
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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
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7.3
A situation when people do not say thank you for someone's help
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4.6
Not saying thank you when people help you
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.