ingratitude

[ in-grat-i-tood, -tyood ]

/ ɪnˈgræt ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud /

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noun

the state of being ungrateful; unthankfulness.

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Origin of ingratitude

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English word from Medieval Latin word ingrātitūdō.See in-³, gratitude

Words nearby ingratitude

ingrained, Ingram, ingrate, ingratiate, ingratiating, ingratitude, ingravescent, ingredient, Ingres, ingress, ingressive

How to use ingratitude in a sentence

Saying grace, though, “is medicine to the ingratitude that we can develop.”
Saying grace: How a moment of thanks, religious or not, adds meaning to our meals|Emily Heil|November 18, 2021|Washington Post
Equally important is for parents to instruct children to appreciate the damage that ingratitude can cause.
How parents are turning toward gratitude in the pandemic|Rudri Bhatt Patel|December 10, 2020|Washington Post
That ingratitude's surprising, especially from the Israelis.
Kerry's Peace Push A Nothing-Burger?|Ali Gharib|May 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Yet such a move would almost certainly be widely seen as an audacious display of ingratitude.
AIG May Sue the Government For An Insufficiently Generous Bailout|Megan McArdle|January 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST

The attorney suggested Bettencourt might try to disinherit her daughter for “ingratitude.”
Inside the L'Oreal Family Feud|Eric Pape|December 12, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Say that my anger has no bounds—that my heart is breaking—will break and kill me, if he persists in his ingratitude and cruelty.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Planner, in these three words, could only read—ingratitude—the basest it had ever been his lot to meet.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
He carried the note to Planner—he thrust it into his face, and called him to account for his baseness and ingratitude.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
He could not complain of the neglect of mankind, or of the ingratitude of those he served.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
She was far too sensible for ingratitude, and fully appreciated the gifts that life had so liberally dealt her.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton

British Dictionary definitions for ingratitude

ingratitude

/ (ɪnˈɡrætɪˌtjuːd) /

noun

lack of gratitude; ungratefulness; thanklessness

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