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ungrateful - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'ungrateful' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Ungrateful [ a.]
- Not grateful; not thankful for favors; making no returns, or making ill return for kindness, attention, etc.; ingrateful.
- Unpleasing; unacceptable; disagreeable; as, harsh sounds are ungrateful to the ear.

Meaning of 'ungrateful' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . ungrateful [ a]
Meaning (1):
- not feeling or showing gratitude
Example in sentence:
  • How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!;
  • ungrateful heirs
2 . ungrateful [ s]
Meaning (2):
- disagreeable
Example in sentence:
  • I will not perform the ungrateful task of comparing cases of failure

Nearby Words:

ungain ungainliness ungainly ungear ungeld ungenerous ungenerously ungenitured ungentle unget

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