ingratitude
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of ingratitude
First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English word from Medieval Latin word ingrātitūdō. See in- 3, gratitude
Vocabulary lists containing ingratitude
Novel Study: Julius Caesar, Act 3
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Part 2 Vocabulary (Unit 3)
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Example Sentences
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Family fight flashpoint Ingratitude, timing squabbles, my husband blithely loading a plate with the expensive Christmas salmon I was saving for lunch.
From The Guardian • Dec. 23, 2018
Ingratitude is fatal to a foreign policy of selflessness.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Ingratitude," snapped Mantegna, who had not yet been paid.
From Time Magazine Archive
He thinks that the old man was justified when he declaimed to his sons in his best matinee voice: "Ingratitude, the vilest weed that grows."
From Time Magazine Archive
Ingratitude is the extract of baseness, the essence of blackness, the ergot of meanness, a concentrated poison, the spawn of a demon—the fuel of Pandemonium.
From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by Judson, L. Carroll
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