ingratitude
[in-grat-i-tood, -tyood]
noun
the state of being ungrateful; unthankfulness.
Origin of ingratitude
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Related Words for ingratitude
inconsiderateness, thoughtlessness, disloyalty, rudeness, boorishness, callousnessExamples from the Web for ingratitude
Contemporary Examples of ingratitude
That ingratitude's surprising, especially from the Israelis.
Yet such a move would almost certainly be widely seen as an audacious display of ingratitude.
The attorney suggested Bettencourt might try to disinherit her daughter for “ingratitude.”
Historical Examples of ingratitude
It was ingratitude of the blackest character, to listen so coldly to his wishes.
Again and again Shakespeare rails at man's ingratitude, but nothing more.
The Man ShakespeareFrank Harris
The one bitterness of his life, indeed, was due to ingratitude.
In the Heart of VosgesMatilda Betham-Edwards
Though every sinner be ungrateful, yet every sinner is not a monster of ingratitude.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. IFrancis Augustus Cox
Ah, the ingratitude of the masses is a disgrace to civilised humanity!
My Double LifeSarah Bernhardt
ingratitude
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