thankless
1
5.8
- adjective
- /ˈθæŋkləs/
:
desagradecido
- Your players look like a bunch of thankless thugs and thieves.
- thankless child
Examples
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You become envious, pessimistic, and thankless (at least a little).
Blog text (22) -
But I am ashamed to confess that I can't get used to it and that I am a lot less happy than in my village of Bollne with my often thankless job.
Academic text (2006) -
How can you be so thankless to your best friend, Lizzie?
Academic text (2000) -
And not these self-centered, thankless strangers.
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Their thankless kids, waiting at home with their feet up, knew nothing of what it cost to reupholster a sofa.
Fiction book (1990) -
Also, it's not a thankless job: there are definitely people who say thank you, unlike people who work in factories (or people who work in grocery stores).
Blog text (9) -
You're a thankless dope.
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It was frustrating to work on a thankless project that no one seemed to appreciate.
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She felt thankless after receiving so much help but never expressing her gratitude.
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Many volunteers do thankless work that often goes unnoticed by the community.
Synonyms
95
3.6
Not showing thanks when someone gives or does something for you
5
5.2
Not grateful when others help or give you things
1
5.7
Not showing that you value someone's help or kindness
Antonyms
Compounds
How Thankful
Surface Forms
Morphology
thankless = thank (transparent) = thank + less
The adjective is a direct negation 'without thanks' formed by noun 'thank' + suffix '-less', yielding 'ungrateful'.
Etymology
Thankless comes from the simple parts thank (meaning 'thanks') and -less (meaning 'without'). So a thankless person is someone 'without thanks' who does not show gratitude.