Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Lack of gratitude; ungratefulness.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Lack of gratitude; indisposition to acknowledge or reciprocate favors; a state of unthankfulness for benefits conferred.
  • noun Synonyms See grateful.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Lack of gratitude; insensibility to, forgetfulness of, or ill return for, kindness or favors received; unthankfulness; ungratefulness.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A lack or absence of gratitude; thanklessness.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a lack of gratitude

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Examples

  • I know not that the term ingratitude can be applied to one in his situation, and in whose bosom nature had implanted a love of freedom.

    Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia — Complete Charles Sturt 1832

  • I know not that the term ingratitude can be applied to one in his situation, and in whose bosom nature had implanted a love of freedom.

    Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia — Volume 2 Charles Sturt 1832

  • And the more he yearned to be gone the more bitterly he blamed himself for what he called his ingratitude and faithlessness.

    In Orchard Glen Mary Esther Miller MacGregor 1918

  • Not the less soured by these multiplied causes of irritation, from the reflection that they were attributable to his own follies and vices, he gave full scope to his resentments, and indulged himself in expressions of angry reproach against what he termed the ingratitude of his country, which provoked those around him, and gave great offense to Congress.

    Life and Times of Washington Schroeder, J. F. 1903

  • Not the less soured by these multiplied causes of irritation, from the reflection that they were attributable to his own follies and vices, he gave full scope to his resentments, and indulged himself in expressions of angry reproach against what he termed the ingratitude of his country, which provoked those around him, and gave great offense to

    Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched John Frederick Schroeder 1852

  • "My valet," cried Lord St. George, -- "he has invented a new toasting-fork, is going to take out a patent, make his fortune, and leave me; that's what I call ingratitude, Sir Christopher; for I ordered his wages to be raised five pounds but last year."

    The Disowned — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • "My valet," cried Lord St. George, -- "he has invented a new toasting - fork, is going to take out a patent, make his fortune, and leave me; that's what I call ingratitude, Sir Christopher; for I ordered his wages to be raised five pounds but last year."

    The Disowned — Volume 03 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • As it is, monstrous ingratitude is the societally approved stance towards the U.S. — understandable given the prevalence of grandmothers who serviced G. I.s, but still ...

    One Korea? 2008

  • As it is, monstrous ingratitude is the societally approved stance towards the U.S. — understandable given the prevalence of grandmothers who serviced G. I.s, but still ...

    One Korea? 2008

  • Meanwhile the Russians, bitter at what some call the ingratitude of the ANC and willing to maintain their influence in the region, have reinforced their ties with South Africa's neighbours, such as Namibia, according to a Russian observer.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1999

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