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ungrateful

ungrateful

95 3.6
Not showing thanks when someone gives or does something for you
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈɡreɪtfəl/
translation icon : desagradecido
  • He seemed ungrateful after receiving such a generous gift from his friend.

And you will never see an ungrateful, happy person.

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Examples

  • Upon my word, sir, you're ungrateful.

  • So you say, Rogan said lightly, but patients are notoriously ungrateful, you know that?

    Fiction book (1995)
  • And you will never see an ungrateful, happy person.

  • It's like being ungrateful for what you, I guess, currently have.

  • Pretty ungrateful if you ask me, but...

  • Well, some people are ungrateful.

  • Well, I wouldn't want to seem ungrateful to God or to you.

  • Because there's always going to be that one ungrateful, difficult, complicated person.

  • I hate people thinking I'm ungrateful because I am eternally grateful for everything that has come out of doing this.

  • When you're ungrateful, your brain, it becomes rigid and unchanging.

Synonyms

unappreciative
vsungrateful
5 5.2

Not grateful when others help or give you things

is narrower, mainly missing thanks rather than lacking recognition
thankless
vsungrateful
1 5.8

Not feeling grateful when someone helps you

is identical in meaning but uses alternate wording
unthankful
vsungrateful
1 5.7

Not showing that you value someone's help or kindness

is the same idea but uses different wording

Antonyms

713 1.0

Feeling thankful for something someone has done or given you

Compounds

ungrateful person
  • Offensive
1 3.9

Someone who does not say thank you when people help them

How Grateful

grateful
713 1.0
appreciative
56 3.2
ungrateful
95 3.6

Surface Forms

ungrateful positive

Morphology

ungrateful = grateful (transparent) = un + grate + ful

The prefix 'un-' clearly negates the meaning of 'grateful', making the meaning of 'ungrateful' directly understandable as 'not grateful'.

Etymology

Ungrateful is made of un- 'not' and grat from Latin gratus 'pleasing' or 'thankful', the same root as gratitude. So an ungrateful person is 'not thankful' and does not show thanks.