ungrateful person
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3.9
- noun
- /ʌnˈɡreɪtfəl ˈpɜrsən/
- Offensive
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ingrato
- You're an ungrateful person.
And what they found is that ungrateful people have a rapid mental rigidity, and the grateful people have unexpected mental agility.
- And what they found is that ungrateful people have a rapid mental rigidity, and the grateful people have unexpected mental agility.
Examples
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She is just the most ungrateful person l know.
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You can see for yourself what ungrateful people they are.
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And what they found is that ungrateful people have a rapid mental rigidity, and the grateful people have unexpected mental agility.
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I can't believe you forgot my birthday; you truly are an ungrateful person.
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Despite all the help he received, he remained an ungrateful person who never said thank you.
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It was disappointing to see such an ungrateful person after all the effort we put into helping her.
Synonyms
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8.1
A person who does not show thanks for help or gifts
A person who does not appreciate help or kindness
How Grateful
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5.8
- Offensive
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3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'ungrateful' (failing to show gratitude) plus 'person' (a human individual), so it straightforwardly denotes a person who does not show appreciation. This negative-adjective + noun pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will understand the MWE.
Etymology
Ungrateful person comes from the simple image of someone who is given help or a gift but does not say 'thank you'. The parts grateful (feeling thanks) and un- (not) show why an ungrateful person is someone who does not give thanks.