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ungrateful

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un·grate·ful  (n-grtfl)
adj.
1. Not feeling or exhibiting gratitude, thanks, or appreciation.
2. Not agreeable or pleasant; repellent: "I will not perform the ungrateful task of comparing cases of failure" (Abraham Lincoln).

un·grateful·ly adv.
un·grateful·ness n.

ungrateful [ʌnˈgreɪtfʊl]
adj
1. not grateful or thankful
2. unrewarding or unpleasant; thankless
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) (of land) failing to increase fertility in response to cultivation
ungratefully  adv
ungratefulness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.ungratefulungrateful - not feeling or showing gratitude; "ungrateful heirs"; "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!"- Shakespeare
grateful, thankful - feeling or showing gratitude; "a grateful heart"; "grateful for the tree's shade"; "a thankful smile"
2.ungratefulungrateful - disagreeable; "I will not perform the ungrateful task of comparing cases of failure"- Abraham Lincoln
unpleasant - disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors"

ungrateful
adjective unappreciative, thankless, unthankful, heedless, unmindful, ingrate (archaic) I don't mean to sound ungrateful in any way.
grateful, thankful, appreciative, aware, mindful
Translations
ungrateful [ʌnˈgreɪtfʊl] ADJdesagradecido, ingrato

ungrateful [ʌnˈgreɪtfʊl] adj [person] → ingrat(e)

ungrateful
adj, ungratefully
advundankbar (to gegenüber)

ungrateful [ʌnˈgreɪtfʊl] adjingrato/a
ungrateful [ʌnˈgreɪtfʊl] adjingrato/a

ungrateful
adj ungrateful [anˈgreitful]
not showing thanks for kindness It will look very ungrateful if you don't write and thank him. ondankbaar عَقوق، جاحِد неблагодарен nevděčný utaknemmelig undankbar αγνώμων, αχάριστος ingrato tänamatu ناسپاس kiittämätön ingrat כְּפוּי תוֹדָה कृतघ्न nezahvalan hálátlan vanþakklátur ingrato 恩知らずの 은혜를 모르는 nedėkingas nepateicīgs tdk berterima kasih ondankbaar utakknemlig niewdzięczny ingrato ingrat неблагодарный nevďačný nehvaležen nezahvalan otacksam อกตัญญู nankör 忘恩負義的, 不領情的 невдячний نا شکرا vô ơn ,

ungrateful عاق nevděčný utaknemmelig undankbar αχάριστος desagradecido kiittämätön ingrat nezahvalan ingrato 感謝を表さない 감사해 하지 않는 ondankbaar utakknemlig niewdzięczny ingrato неблагодарный otacksam ไม่สำนึกบุญคุณ nankör vô ơn 不领情的


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"A little ungrateful, my dear boy," he declared, "a little ungrateful that, I think.
Art thou come, by chance, cruel basilisk of these mountains, to see if in thy presence blood will flow from the wounds of this wretched being thy cruelty has robbed of life; or is it to exult over the cruel work of thy humours that thou art come; or like another pitiless Nero to look down from that height upon the ruin of his Rome in embers; or in thy arrogance to trample on this ill-fated corpse, as the ungrateful daughter trampled on her father Tarquin's?
The Ox replied: "I do not wish to be ungrateful, for I am loved and well cared for by men, and they often pat my head and shoulders.
 
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